Anchorite

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  • noun. A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See anchoret.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as anchoret.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.
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  • noun. one retired from society for religious reasons
    • Word Usage
    "Applying the term anchorite to me is perhaps a juster comparison than you think."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    eremite  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cenobite  communing  drum-roll  hermit  misanthrope  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Albigensian  Catharist  Diogenes  Franciscan  Hieronymian  
    variant
    anchoret  
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