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Anchoretic
Anchoretic \An`cho*ret"ic\, Anchoretical \An`cho*ret"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
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anchoretic
a. Relating to an anchoret or hermit.
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Anchoretic
- Redirect Anchorite
Usage examples of "anchoretic".
I had no care upon my mind, for my small fortune, along with the rent of my field, was more than sufficient for my maintenance in the almost anchoretic seclusion in which I intended to live, and hence I had every advantage for the more definite projection and prosecution of a work which had been gradually shaping itself in my mind for months past.
He there passed through the usual anchoretic battles with demons, and by prayer and ascetic exercise attained a rare power over nature.