anchoritic
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anchoritic — adjective see anchorite … New Collegiate Dictionary
anchoritic — adjective Of or pertaining to an anchorite … Wiktionary
anchoritic — adj. living a life of religious seclusion … English contemporary dictionary
anchoritic — an·cho·rit·ic … English syllables
anchoritic — adjective characterized by ascetic solitude the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony his hermitic existence • Syn: ↑eremitic, ↑eremitical, ↑hermitic, ↑hermitical • Similar to: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
anchorite — anchoritic /ang keuh rit ik/, adj. anchoritically, adv. anchoritism /ang keuh ruy tiz euhm/, n. /ang keuh ruyt /, n. a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit. Also, anchoret. [1400 50; late ME… … Universalium
Anchorite — (male)/anchoress (female), (adj. anchoritic; from the Greek polytonic|ἀναχωρέω anachōreō, signifying to withdraw , to depart into the rural countryside ), denotes someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able … Wikipedia
Hermit — A hermit (from the Greek anachōreō , signifying to withdraw , to depart into the country outside the circumvallated city ), recluse and solitary . However, it is important to retain a clear distinction between the vocation of hermits and that of… … Wikipedia
Ancrene Wisse — (Ancrene Riwle) (ca. 1190–1220) Ancrene Wisse, also known as Rule for a Recluse and Guide for Anchoresses, is a 13th century text, produced ca. 1190–1220 C.E. It is written in vernacular prose in the West Midlands dialect that Tolkien… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
St. Hilarion — St. Hilarion † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Hilarion Founder of anchoritic life in Palestine; born at Tabatha, south of Gaza, Palestine, about 291; died in the island of Cyprus about 371. The chief source of information regarding him… … Catholic encyclopedia
