anchoret

Related to anchoret: anchorite, Hermitess

an·cho·rite

(ăng′kə-rīt′) also an·cho·ret (-rĕt′)

A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin anchōrīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Late Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein, to retire : ana-, ana- + khōrein, to make room for, withdraw (from khōros, place; see ghē- in Indo-European roots).]

an′cho·rit′ic (-rĭt′ĭk) adj.

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anchoret

(ˈæŋkərɛt)

another name for anchorite

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anacoreta

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``If the reverend fathers,'' he said, ``loved good cheer and soft lodging, few miles of riding would carry them to the Priory of Brinxworth, where their quality could not but secure them the most honourable reception; or if they preferred spending a penitential evening, they might turn down yonder wild glade, which would bring them to the hermitage of Copmanhurst, where a pious anchoret would make them sharers for the night of the shelter of his roof and the benefit of his prayers.''

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It led to ascetic hermitage of dervish, monk's cell, anchoret's skete, Himalayan hermit's cave.

Los desafios espirituales de lo sagrado

Two recent essays have demonstrated the depth and the playfulness of Austen's engagement with a novel that has all but vanished from the shelves of readers, Richard Graves's Columella; or, The Distressed Anchoret (see Beard; Ford).