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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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.
An interregnum of twenty years followed his death, during which the country was governed by two wise men, Cuan O'Lochlann, a poet, and Corcran Cleireach, an anchoret.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
No mighty anchoret had e'er essayed The ceaseless penance of this gentle maid.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
With bosoms filled with pleasure met Long-parted saint and anchoret, And linked in friendship's tie they spent The peaceful night in great content.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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