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Definition of "anchorite" []

  • A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "anchorite" in a sentence
  • "Applying the term anchorite to me is perhaps a juster comparison than you think."
  • "The only room which suggested nothing of the anchorite was the dressing-room, furnished with all the comforts and conveniences necessary to an elegant and fastidious man of the world."
  • "The only room which suggested nothing of the anchorite was the dressing - room, furnished with all the comforts and conveniences necessary to an elegant and fastidious man of the world."