anchoret

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

/ ˈæŋ kər ɪt, -kəˌrɛt /

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

an·cho·ret·ic

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

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
The ground floor served as drawing-room; above it was the anchoret's bedroom; and the top story was used as a study.
Balzac|Frederick Lawton
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

For it stood on the transcantine side, an anchoret in itself, severed by the river from the rest of the University.
Cambridge and its Story|Charles William Stubbs