An anchorite.

One who has retired into solitude from religious motives; a recluse, hermit.

A person who is or has elected to be secluded or isolated from the world for the purpose of religious meditation, as a monk, nun, hermit, etc.; spec.…

One who from religious motives has retired into solitary life; esp. one of the early Christian recluses. See eremite, n. 1.

One who retires into, or lives in, solitude from religious motives; a hermit or recluse.

A person who has withdrawn or secluded him or herself from the world, usually for religious reasons; a recluse, a hermit.

A hermit, an anchorite, a recluse. Now historical.

An anchorite.

Error for eremite, n., inmate of a hospital.

A person who lives in a cave or other secluded place; a hermit.

Ecclesiastical. One of those persons who are formally recognized by the Church as having by their exceptional holiness of life attained an…