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anchorite
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈæŋ.kər.aɪt/ us /ˈæŋ.kɚ.aɪt/
someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons隐士，隐居修道者
Synonym
hermit
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Religious people: monks & nuns
abbess
abbey
abbot
ascetic
benedictine
convent
friar
friary
habit
hermit
lay brother
lay sister
monastically
monasticism
monk
mother
novice
priory
Trappist monk
veil
Hitherto he had chosen to live the life of an anchorite, and had abjured the society of women.
The anchorites secluded themselves in hermitages.
The church itself was frequently the habitation of the anchorite.
They, too, constructed cells, like ancient anchorites, and cultivated the fields for bread.
What can an immured anchorite know of the vast mysteries of the wind-borne spirits?
You live like an anchorite.
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