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Definition of Anchoritic
1. Adjective. Characterized by ascetic solitude. "His hermitic existence"
Similar to: Unworldly
Derivative terms: Anchorite, Eremite, Eremite, Hermit, Hermit, Hermit, Hermit
Definition of Anchoritic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an anchorite ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anchoritic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchoritic
Literary usage of Anchoritic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Hilarión was greatly honoured as the founder of anchoritic life in Palestine.
His feast falls on 21 October. The attempts of Israel and of other historians ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1886)
"But in order to do so, I must, for a long time yet, be content to lead a more or
less anchoritic life. Now it is not fitting that your President should be a ..."
3. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... but who by various causes was drawn at last into a religious and anchoritic
life, in which he became liable to visions and spiritual impulses, ..."
4. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle, Charles Plummer (1892)
"... to lead a certain kind of life, such ав the monastic, or anchoritic. (droh-
tien) 656 E. p. 31 mpsg. -node. ..."
5. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle, Charles Plummer (1892)
"... wk.v. to lead a certain kind of life, such as the monastic, or anchoritic.
(droh- tien) 656 E. p. 31 mpsg. -node. ..."
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