anchoret

[ ang-ker-it, -kuh-ret ]

noun

Origin of anchoret

1
1735–45; 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.

  • The ground floor served as drawing-room; above it was the anchoret's bedroom; and the top story was used as a study.

    Balzac | Frederick Lawton
  • He was at this time evidently leading the life of an anchoret.

  • But at Monkbarns, no anchoret could have made a more simple and scanty meal.

    The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter Scott
  • For 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