anchorite
noun
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
anchoritic
-
a word derived from
anchorite.
Example Sentences
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Despite his fervour, anchoritic existence and frequent depiction as one-part Don Quixote, one-part Antoni Gaudí and one-part monomaniac, Gallego is very aware of how he is seen in the town and beyond.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2017
Its protagonist could only be Howard Hughes, 67, the archetypal, anchoritic billionaire brooding over one of the world's great pools of wealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vizier Bill Gay, himself a Mormon, and attended the anchoritic Croesus day and night, in eight-hour shifts.
From Time Magazine Archive
And candor compels the admission forthwith that the presence of this anchoritic merit in the wilderness is hardly due to me.
From The Jewel Merchants A Comedy in One Act by James Branch Cabell
