Thesaurus: anchorite

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1. n. One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
2. n. Same as Anchoret.
3. n. one retired from society for religious reasons
4. One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle. Same as Anchoret.
5. n. one retired from society for religious reasons