anchoret

[ ang-ker-it, -kuh-ret ]

/ ˈæŋ kər ɪt, -kəˌrɛt /

noun

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"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of anchoret

1735–45; variant of anchorite, with final vowel directly reflecting Late Latin or Late Greek spelling

OTHER WORDS FROM anchoret

an·cho·ret·ic

[ang-kuh-ret-ik] /ˌæŋ kəˈrɛt ɪk/, adjectivean·cho·ret·ism, noun

Words nearby anchoret

anchor span, anchor splint, anchor watch, anchorage, anchoress, anchoret, anchorette, anchorite, anchorman, anchorperson, anchors

Example sentences from the Web for anchoret

Arsenius was a noble Roman who, at the end of the fourth century, retired to Egypt to live the life of an anchoret in the desert.
The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume II of II|William Langland
Ammona lived with three thousand brethren in such silence as though he was an anchoret.
Talkers|John Bate
No anchoret, indeed, could claim for himself much more apathy towards all such allurements than he did at that period.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. I. (of VI.)|Thomas Moore
He was at this time evidently leading the life of an anchoret.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh|H. J. Lawlor

But at Monkbarns, no anchoret could have made a more simple and scanty meal.
The Antiquary, Complete|Sir Walter Scott

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