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an·cho·rite
(ăng′kə-rīt′) also an·cho·ret (-rĕt′)n.
A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin anchōrīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Late Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein, to retire : ana-, ana- + khōrein, to make room for, withdraw (from khōros, place; see ghē- in Indo-European roots).]
an′cho·rit′ic (-rĭt′ĭk) adj.
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anchoret
(ˈæŋkərɛt)n
another name for anchorite
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