[ang-ker-is] 
| a woman who is an anchorite. |
| an·cho·ress (āng'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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