anchorite
[ ang-kuh-rahyt ]
/ ˈæŋ kəˌraɪt /
noun
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
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Origin of anchorite
1400–50; late Middle English anc(h)orite, conflation of Middle English ancre (Old English ancra, ancer) and Old French anacorite or Medieval Latin anachōrīta<Late Greek anachōrētḗs, equivalent to Greek anachōrē-, stem of anachōreîn to withdraw (ana-ana- + chōreîn to give way, verbal derivative of chôros space) + -tēs agent suffix; Old English forms <Old Irish *ancharae<Late Latin anachōrēta<Late Greek
OTHER WORDS FROM anchorite
an·cho·rit·ic [ang-kuh-rit-ik], /ˌæŋ kəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjectivean·cho·rit·i·cal·ly, adverban·cho·rit·ism [ang-kuh-rahy-tiz-uhm], /ˈæŋ kə raɪˌtɪz əm/, nounWords nearby anchorite
anchor escapement, anchoress, anchoret, anchorette, anchor ice, anchorite, anchor light, anchorman, anchorperson, anchor plant, anchor pocket
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British Dictionary definitions for anchorite
anchorite
/ (ˈæŋkəˌraɪt) /
noun
a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
Derived forms of anchorite
anchoress, fem nWord Origin for anchorite
C15: from Medieval Latin anchorīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein to retire, withdraw, from khōra a space
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