The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[`e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back, retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to Skr. h[=a] to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.] 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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of anchorite English)
Usage examples of "anachoret".
To the south of Alexandria, the mountain, and adjacent desert, of Nitria, were peopled by five thousand anachorets.
The aspect of a genuine anachoret was horrid and disgusting: every sensation that is offensive to man was thought acceptable to God.
The fame of the apostles and martyrs was gradually eclipsed by these recent and popular Anachorets.
To the south of Alexandria, the mountain, and adjacent desert, of Nitria, were peopled by five thousand anachorets.
The aspect of a genuine anachoret was horrid and disgusting: every sensation that is offensive to man was thought acceptable to God.
The fame of the apostles and martyrs was gradually eclipsed by these recent and popular Anachorets.