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Anchorite
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Greek: anachoreo, withdraw)
Men who renounce the world in order to spend their lives alone in penance and prayer; women are known as anchoresses. See also:
- hermit
- patrons of hermits
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Entry for 'Anchorite'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/anchorite.html. 1910.