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61anchorite — anchorite, anchoret n eremite, hermit, solitary, recluse, Islam. marabout, Islam. santon; anchoress, an cress, hermitess, Obs. hermitress, nun; troglodyte, cave dweller, incluse; stylite, pillarist, pillar saint; ascetic, celibate, monk, monastic …
62ascetic — n 1. abstainer, self denier, celibate, puritan; penitent, Islam. fakir, Islam. dervish, Islam.Calender, Hinduism. yogi; self punisher, self tormentor, religious fanatic, flagellant, hair shirt wearer. 2.(in the early Christian church) monk,… …
63eremite — n 1. anchorite, anchoret, hermit, recluse, solitary, Islam. marabout, Islam. santon, Obs. beadsman; nun, anchoress, ancress, hermitess, Obs. hermi tress; troglodyte, cave dweller, incluse; stylite, pillarist, pillar saint; ascetic, celibate, monk …
64hermit — n 1. anchorite, anchoret, eremite, recluse, solitary, Islam. marabout, Islam. santon, Obs. beadsman; nun, anchoress, ancress, hermitess, Obs. hermi tress; troglodyte, cave dweller, incluse; stylite, pillarist, pillar saint; ascetic, celibate,… …
65recluse — n 1. hermit, anchorite, anchoret, eremite, solitary, Islam. marabout, Islam. santon; nun, anchoress, ancress, hermitess, Obs. hermitress; troglodyte, cave dweller, incluse; stylite, pillarist, pillar saint; ascetic, celibate, monk, monastic, holy …
66hermit — [n] person who chose to live alone outside of human society anchoret, anchorite, ascetic, eremite, misanthrope, pillarist, recluse, skeptic, solitaire, solitarian, solitary, stylite; concepts 361,423 …
67Graves, Richard — (1715 1804) Born at Mickleton, Gloucestershire, he was educated at the grammar school at Abingdon, Berkshire, and graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1736. He was later ordained into the Church of England, had various appointments in… …
68anchorite — [aŋ′kəret΄, aŋ′kərit′aŋ′kə rīt΄] n. [ME < OFr anachorete < LL(Ec) anachoreta < LGr anachōrētēs, one retired < Gr anachōrein < ana , back + chōrein, to retire < IE base * ĝhē , ĝhēi, leave behind, GO1] a person who lives alone… …
69anchorite — n. (also anchoret) (fem. anchoress) 1 a hermit; a religious recluse. 2 a person of secluded habits. Derivatives: anchoretic adj. anchoritic adj. Etymology: ME f. med.L anc(h)orita, eccl.L anchoreta f. eccl.Gk anakhoretes f. anakhoreo retire …
70an- — 1. prefix not, without (anarchy) ({{}}cf. A (1)). Etymology: Gk an 2. assim. form of AD before n. * * * see a II * * * an 1 a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means not, without, lacking… …
