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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But at Monkbarns, no anchoret could have made a more simple and scanty meal.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Ammona lived with three thousand brethren in such silence as though he was an anchoret.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
He bends, and gazes yet Before his ghastly bride! the anchoret Sate by him, and hath press'd a cross of wood To his wan lips.
From The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Lang, Andrew
Bede further states that this anchoret subsequently went to Frisland to preach as a missionary there, but he reaped no fruit from his labours among his barbarous auditors.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by Stuart, John
But Viśvámitra, at the threat Of that illustrious anchoret, Cried, as he launched with ready hand A fiery weapon, “Stand, O Stand!”
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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