anchoret

American  

[ang-ker-it, -kuh-ret] / ˈæŋ kər ɪt, -kəˌrɛt /

noun

1. anchorite.

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Other Word Forms

• anchoretic adjective
• anchoretism noun

Etymology

Origin of anchoret

1735–45; variant of anchorite, with final vowel directly reflecting Late Latin or Late Greek spelling

Example Sentences

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

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

An interregnum of twenty years followed his death, during which the country was governed by two wise men, Cuan O'Lochlann, a poet, and Corcran Cleireach, an anchoret.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

Listen, ye swans, to the heavenly strain; 'Tis the anchoret tolling his soft matin bell: He has come to release us from sorrow, from pain, From the cold and tempestuous shores where we dwell!

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

And you shall be like the anchoret of old to this household, my son.

From The Christian A Story by Caine, Hall, Sir

The bishops commended her to God and left the palace, and prayer was made that she should bear a male child; for we believed in the words of Saint Procopius the anchoret.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred