anchoret
[ ang-ker-it, -kuh-ret ]
noun
Origin of anchoret
11735–45; variant of anchorite, with final vowel directly reflecting Late Latin or Late Greek spelling
Other words from anchoret
- an·cho·ret·ic [ang-kuh-ret-ik], /ˌæŋ kəˈrɛt ɪk/, adjective
- an·cho·ret·ism, noun
Words Nearby anchoret
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How to use anchoret in a sentence
No anchoret, indeed, could claim for himself much more apathy towards all such allurements than he did at that period.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. I. (of VI.) | Thomas MooreThe ground floor served as drawing-room; above it was the anchoret's bedroom; and the top story was used as a study.
Balzac | Frederick LawtonHe was at this time evidently leading the life of an anchoret.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh | H. J. LawlorBut at Monkbarns, no anchoret could have made a more simple and scanty meal.
The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter ScottFor it stood on the transcantine side, an anchoret in itself, severed by the river from the rest of the University.
Cambridge and its Story | Charles William Stubbs
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