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Anchoretic
Anchoretic An`cho*ret"ic, Anchoretical An`cho*ret"ic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ?.] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
Anchoretical
Anchoretic An`cho*ret"ic, Anchoretical An`cho*ret"ic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ?.] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
Anchoretish
Anchoretish An"cho*ret`ish, a. Hermitlike.
Anchoretism
Anchoretism An"cho*ret*ism, n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

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- anchorite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Christianity, an anchorite or anc****t (female: anc****ss; from Ancient Gr**** ἀναχωρέω (anakhōréō) 'I withdraw...
- I.—Hermits and Pilgrims. [...] II.—Origin of Monks. The hermits and anc****ts, as they were called, were held in high esteem, and thousands of pilgrims...
- Cistercian Publications. ISBN 978-0879079598. "Saint John the Dwarf, Anc****t of Scete. September 15. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume IX: September....
- Retrieved 17 March 2018. Butler, Alban. "St. Macarius, of Alexandria, Anc****t", The Lives of the Saints. 1866 This article incorporates text from this...
- William (1840). Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. W. Tait. p. 298. "Saint Bavo, Anc****t, Patron of Ghent. October 1. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume X: October...
- (Apophthegmata ton Pateron)). Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Sisoes or Sisoy, Anc****t in Egypt. The Lives of the Saints. Volume VII: July. 1866. (Bartleby.com)...
- King of Burgundy. "At Lyons, the decease of St. Lupus, at one time an anc****t, but later a bishop." Born near Orleans in France and educated at the court...
- thrown into the sea with stones tied to their necks." "In Palestine, the anc****t St. Zozimus, who buried the remains of St. Mary of Egypt." "At Constantinople...
- written for the Poetical Society at Batheaston Columella; or the Distressed Anc****t, a Colloquial Tale, 1779. In praise of an active life as superior to that...
- Desert Fathers do attest to it. In Egypt, the terms more often used are anc****tism (Gr. ἀναχώρησις, "withdrawal, retreat"), and anchorite (Gr. ἀναχωρητής...