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anchorite

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæŋkəˌraɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ang′kə rīt′)

an•cho•rite (ang′kə rīt′),USA pronunciation n.

a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.

Also, anchoret.

Late Greek
Late Latin anachōrēta
Old Irish *ancharae
Late Greek anachōrēté̄s, equivalent. to Greek anachōrē-, stem of anachōreîn to withdraw (ana- ana- + chōreîn to give way, verb, verbal derivative of chôros space) + -tēs agent suffix; Old English forms
late Middle English anc(h)orite, conflation of Middle English ancre (Old English ancra, ancer) and Old French anacorite or Medieval Latin anachōrīta 1400–50

an′cho•rit′i•cal•ly, adv.

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anchorite /ˈæŋkəˌraɪt/ n

a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit

Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin anchorīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein to retire, withdraw, from khōra a spaceˈanchoress fem n

'anchorite' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

recluse - anchoress - anchoret - ascetic - hermit

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