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The meaning of Anchorite

Anchorite – definition

noun

A religious recluse.

Usage examples:

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Synonims:

HermitRecluseAsceticMaraboutSantonEremiteStyliteCenobite
noun

Someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons

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隐士

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Kluizenaar, Anachoreet

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Anachorète

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Einsiedler, Eremit

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संन्यासी, विरक्ति, यति, साधु, योगी, वैरागी

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Anacoreta

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은자

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Отшельник, Анахорет, Затворник

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Anacoreta

Word origin

late Middle English: from medieval Latin anchorita (ecclesiastical Latin anchoreta ), from ecclesiastical Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein ‘retire’, from ana- ‘back’ + khōra, khōr- ‘a place

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Anchorite – similar words

anchoritical

adjective

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of an anchorite or anchorites; solitary, reclusive.

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anchorites

noun

A religious recluse.

Usage examples:

The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of thutmosis iii in the temple of karna…
noun

Someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons

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Anchorite synonims

ascetic

adjective

Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Usage examples:

An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour
noun

A person who follows an ascetic life.

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The composition of hymns of the rig-veda was done by hindu recluses, ascetics, rishis and sages roo…
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cenobite

noun

A member of a monastic community.

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A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone…
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eremite

noun

A christian hermit or recluse.

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The sheer volume of women involved makes russell look like a christian eremite from the days of the…
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hermit

noun

A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.

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Secular idleness would have little meaning in solitude, and the religious contemplation of the herm…
noun

A person who lives alone and apart from society

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marabout

noun

A muslim holy man or hermit, especially in north africa.

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At the mosque, the marabout and the father give the baby an arabic name from the koran.
noun

A muslim religious leader or teacher, especially in north africa

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Senegalese children have been learning from marabouts in quranic schools since the 11th century., e…
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recluse

noun

A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.

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She has turned into a virtual recluse
adjective

Favouring a solitary life.

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He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much t…
noun

A person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people

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santon

noun

(chiefly in provence) a figurine adorning a representation of the manger in which jesus was laid.

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There are treasures to take home, such as santons, little provençal figures of bakers and farmers t…
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stylite

noun

An ascetic living on top of a pillar, especially in ancient or medieval syria, turkey, and greece in the 5th century ad.

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Watching him, i can't help but think of the stylites, fanatical christian monks of the middle ages …
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