anchoret

American  

[ang-ker-it, -kuh-ret] / ˈæŋ kər ɪt, -kəˌrɛt /

noun

1. anchorite.

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Other Word Forms

• anchoretic adjective
• anchoretism noun

Etymology

Origin of anchoret

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

Example Sentences

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 Butler, Alban

Ours was that anchoret Telesphorus, who ordered the more strict observance of the fast of Lent established by the Apostles.

From Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities by Campion, Edmund

They do not want, who wish not to have more; Who ever said an anchoret was poor?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

With bosoms filled with pleasure met Long-parted saint and anchoret, And linked in friendship's tie they spent The peaceful night in great content.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

There were some awkward conditions attached to the basis of my aerial structures; for example, I must have unbroken tranquillity like that of an anchoret.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.