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an·cho·ress

 (ăng′kər-ĭs)
n.
A woman who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.

[Middle English anchoryse, ankres, from ancre, anchorite, from Old English ancra, from Old Irish anchara, from Late Latin anachōrēta; see anchorite.]
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an•cho•ress

(ˈæŋ kər ɪs)

n.
a woman who is an anchorite.
[1350–1400; Middle English ankres=ancre anchorite + -es -ess]
usage: See -ess.
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