ANCHORET

AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, noun [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]

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anchoret. Anchoret, Anchorite, n. a hermit, a recluse

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An″cho‐ret (�), An″cho‐rite (�), n. [[F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to go back, retire; � + � to give place, retire, � place; perh. akin to Skr. hā to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.