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n. Alternative spelling of anchorite.

n. One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.

n. A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world and to devote himself to contemplation and religious exercises. Also anachoret.

n. Synonyms Monk, Hermit, Anchoret. In the classification of religious ascetics, monks are those who adopt a secluded habit of life, but dwell more or less in communities; hermits, or eremites, those who withdraw to desert places, but do not deny themselves shelter or occupation; and anchorets, those most excessive in their austerities, who choose the most absolute solitude, and subject themselves to the greatest privations.

"She is acting by me like an angel, and if she were to command me to turn anchoret, I know I ought to obey her. '"

anchorite   

religious    hermit   

eremite    contemplator    anchorite    akoontala    they'l    śakoontalá    recluse    Brahmin    i'faith    garrulousness