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Anchoret (gcide) | Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F.
anachor[`e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back,
retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to
Skr. h[=a] to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]
One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for
religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some
authors anachoret.]
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Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's
or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of
conversing with mortals. --Boyle.
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Anchoretic (gcide) | Anchoretic \An`cho*ret"ic\, Anchoretical \An`cho*ret"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an
anchoret.
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Anchoretical (gcide) | Anchoretic \An`cho*ret"ic\, Anchoretical \An`cho*ret"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an
anchoret.
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Anchoretish (gcide) | Anchoretish \An"cho*ret`ish\, a.
Hermitlike.
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Anchoretism (gcide) | Anchoretism \An"cho*ret*ism\, n.
The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
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