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Definition of Anchoret
1. n. One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
Definition of Anchoret
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of anchorite) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anchoret
1. a recluse [n -S] - See also: recluse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchoret
Literary usage of Anchoret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"The Dialogue betwixt the British Bishops and the anchoret. Departing hence, the
Britons repaired to an aged anchoret, charactered by Beda to be sanctus et ..."
2. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"MACARIUS OF ALEXANDRIA, anchoret. From Palladium, bishop of ... Each anchoret
had here his separate cell, which he made his continued abode, ..."
3. Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India by Jean Antoine Dubois (1817)
"OF THE SACRIFICES OF THE anchoret BRAHMANS ; PARTICULARLY THE YAJNA. J. HE sacrifice
most in use amongst the ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Insensibility (at that Anchorite, я Hermit, recluse, solitary, anchoret, eremite,
... Roadstead, road, port, harbor, anchoret, я. Hermit. See ANCHORITE. ..."
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