anchoret
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
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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And many a time in sport I prayed To seek with thee the greenwood shade, For O, my heart on this is set, To follow thee, dear anchoret.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Overcome by importunities, he admitted a holy anchoret named Moyses to live with him as his disciple.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
In narrow cave Worn from the rock, and roughly walled around, The anchoret made abode, with lonely hands Raising from one poor strip his daily food, Barley thin-grown, and coarse.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Ammona lived with three thousand brethren in such silence as though he was an anchoret.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
Oft had sweet pastime wearied her, and yet Fain would she match in toil the anchoret.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
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