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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Die in thy folly, or forget That wretched wandering anchoret.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Sometimes the pair rose up to sing, Surrounded by a holy ring, Where seated on the grass had met Full many a musing anchoret.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
In narrow cave Worn from the rock, and roughly walled around, The anchoret made abode, with lonely hands Raising from one poor strip his daily food, Barley thin-grown, and coarse.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere
Ammona lived with three thousand brethren in such silence as though he was an anchoret.
From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate
The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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