anchoret

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

/ ˈæŋ kər ɪt, -kəˌrɛt /

Nearby words

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

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