ANCHORET

Noun

anchoret (plural anchorets)

Alternative spelling of anchorite

Anagrams

• orchanet

Source: Wiktionary


An"cho*ret, An"cho*rite, n. Etym: [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ha to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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