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

The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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.

Listen, ye swans, to the heavenly strain; 'Tis the anchoret tolling his soft matin bell: He has come to release us, from sorrow, from pain, From the cold and tempestuous shores where we dwell!

From A Reading Book in Irish History by Joyce, P. W.

Thus by the deeds that he has done A name in heaven has Bharat won, For in his life he follows yet Thy steps, O banished anchoret.

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

And you shall be like the anchoret of old to this household, my son.

From The Christian A Story by Caine, Hall, Sir