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anchoret
[ ang-ker-it, -kuh-ret ]
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Other Word Forms
- ··· [ang-k, uh, -, ret, -ik], adjective
- c·i noun
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Word History and Origins
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Another synonym is “anchoret” or “anchorite.”
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The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
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Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
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The vicar mentioned that the name Anchor occurred frequently in the neighbourhood, and was undoubtedly a corruption of Anchoret, which signified a person who sought righteousness by retiring from a world of sin.
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There were some awkward conditions attached to the basis of my aerial structures; for example, I must have unbroken tranquillity like that of an anchoret.
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