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Definition of Anchorite

Anchorite
Anchorite An"cho*rite, n. Same as Anchoret.

Meaning of Anchorite from wikipedia

- Look up anchorite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Christianity, an anchorite or anc****t (female: anc****ss; from Ancient Gr****: ἀναχωρέω, romanized: anakhōréō...
- An immured anchorite, considered by many to be a myth, is a Tibetan monk who has taken a vow to spend his life permanently sealed inside a small walled...
- An anchorite (feminine form anc****ss) is a Christian person who lives in strict physical separation from secular society. Anchorite or Anc****ss may...
- throughout the centuries. Yet the anchoritic life, while similar to the eremitic life, can also be distinct from it. Anchorites lived the religious life in...
- The Anchorite Hills are a mountain range in Mineral County, Nevada. "Anchorite Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey...
- The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite in Egypt is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the Eastern Desert, near the Red Sea Mountains. It is about...
- The Anchorite (Spanish: El anacoreta) is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Estelrich. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film...
- Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as Cyriacus the Hermit) (Gr****: Ὅσιος Κυριακός ὁ Ἀναχωρητής, Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs) was born in Corinth in...
- c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer...
- The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewibrefi (also Jesus ms. 119) (Welsh: Llyfr Ancr Llanddewibrefi or Llyfr yr Ancr) is a fourteenth-century Welsh m****cript...