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anchoret

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  1. 1. n. Alt. of Anchorite Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: webster
  3. 3. n. Alt. of Anchorite Source: ecdict

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