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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Anchorite | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Anchorite | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[8a]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to go back, retire; [?] + [?] to give place, retire, [?] place; perh. akin to Skr. h[be] 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}.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. --Boyle. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. Same as {Anchoret}. | |
