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