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Definition of Anchorets
1. anchoret [n] - See also: anchoret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchorets
Literary usage of Anchorets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India by Jean Antoine Dubois (1817)
"OF THE GIANTS, THE ADVERSARIES OF THE Anchorets. A HE Vanaprastha Brahmans were
exposed to great difficulties in the accomplishment of their sacrifices, ..."
2. A History of the Church by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1840)
"ASCETICS AND Anchorets.—THE ORIGIN OF MONASTERIES.—SPREAD OF THE MONASTIC INSTITUTE
IN THE EAST AND WEST.—THE BENEDICTINE ORDER. —CLOISTERS OF NUNS. ..."
3. The Fathers, Historians, and Writers of the Church: Literally Translated (1864)
"The Anchorets. I SHALL say nothing of those whom I have mentioned a little higher
up, who, perfectly secret from human sight, contented with bread only, ..."
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