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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F.
     anachor[`e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back,
     retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to
     Skr. h[=a] to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]
     One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for
     religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some
     authors anachoret.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's
           or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of
           conversing with mortals.                 --Boyle.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F.
     anachor[`e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back,
     retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to
     Skr. h[=a] to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]
     One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for
     religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some
     authors anachoret.]
  
           Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's
           or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of
           conversing with mortals.                 --Boyle.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoret
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en anchorite)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoret
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en anchorite)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoret
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en anchorite)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoret
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en anchorite)

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n. 隐者,隐士;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 隐者,隐士

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