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Anchorite - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun anchorite

is one who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.

anchorite

English

(hermit)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.
  • * , chapter=16
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!
  • * 1950 , (Will Durant), The Age of Faith , Simon and Schuster, page 792.
    • About 1150 some Palestinian anchorites adopted the eremitical rule of St. Basil, and spread throughout Palestine; when the Moslems captured the Holy Land these "Carmelites" migrated to Cyprus, Sicily, France, and England.

    Related terms

    *anchoress (feminine gender)

    Synonyms

    *eremite *hermit *recluse

    References

    * page in Portuguese Wikipedia * A definition in Spanish

    Anagrams

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.