anchoret
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of anchoret
1735–45; variant of anchorite, with final vowel directly reflecting Late Latin or Late Greek spelling
Example Sentences
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Listen, ye swans, to the heavenly strain; 'Tis the anchoret tolling his soft matin bell: He has come to release us, from sorrow, from pain, From the cold and tempestuous shores where we dwell!
From A Reading Book in Irish History by P. W. Joyce
An interregnum of twenty years followed his death, during which the country was governed by two wise men, Cuan O'Lochlann, a poet, and Corcran Cleireach, an anchoret.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Each anchoret had here his separate cell, which he made his continued abode, except on Saturday and Sunday, when all assembled in one church to celebrate the divine mysteries, and partake of the holy communion.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
No mighty anchoret had e'er essayed The ceaseless penance of this gentle maid.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
Listen, ye swans, to the heavenly strain; 'Tis the anchoret tolling his soft matin bell: He has come to release us from sorrow, from pain, From the cold and tempestuous shores where we dwell!
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
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