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Definitions of anchorite in various dictionaries:
noun - one retired from society for religious reasons
A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
ANCHORITE - An anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; adj . anchoritic; from Ancient Greek: , anachrts, "one who has retired from the world", from the verb , a...
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| A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons. |
| a religious recluse. |
| one retired from society for religious reasons |
| someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons |
| A religious recluse. |
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| An anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; adj. anchoritic; from Ancient Greek: , anachrts, "one who has retired from the world", from the verb , anachré, signifying "to withdraw", "to retire") is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, or Eucharist-focused life. Whilst anchorites are frequently considered to be a type of religious hermit, unlike hermits they were required to take a vow of stability of place, opting instead for permanent enclosure in cells often attached to churches. Also unlike hermits, anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which they would be considered dead to the world, a type of living saint. Anchorites had a certain autonomy, as they did not answer to any ecclesiastical authority other than the bishop.The anchoritic life is one of the earliest forms of Christian monasticism. In the Catholic Church to |