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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•cho•rite (ang′kə rīt′),USA pronunciation n. - a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
Also, anchoret. - Late Greek
- Late Latin anachōrēta
- Old Irish *ancharae
- Late Greek anachōrēté̄s, equivalent. to Greek anachōrē-, stem of anachōreîn to withdraw (ana- ana- + chōreîn to give way, verb, verbal derivative of chôros space) + -tēs agent suffix; Old English forms
- late Middle English anc(h)orite, conflation of Middle English ancre (Old English ancra, ancer) and Old French anacorite or Medieval Latin anachōrīta 1400–50
an•cho•rit•ic (ang′kə rit′ik),USA pronunciation adj. an′cho•rit′i•cal•ly, adv. an•cho•rit•ism (ang′kə rī tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: anchorite /ˈæŋkəˌraɪt/ n - a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin anchorīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein to retire, withdraw, from khōra a spaceˈanchoress fem n |