anchorite
[ ang-kuh-rahyt ]
/ ˈæŋ kəˌraɪt /
noun
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
Also
anchoret.
Origin of anchorite
1400–50; late Middle English
anc(h)orite, conflation of Middle English
ancre (Old English
ancra, ancer) and Old French
anacorite or Medieval Latin
anachōrīta < Late Greek
anachōrētḗs, equivalent to Greek
anachōrē-, stem of
anachōreîn to withdraw (
ana-
ana- +
chōreîn to give way, verbal derivative of
chôros space) +
-tēs agent suffix; Old English forms < Old Irish
*ancharae < Late Latin
anachōrēta < Late Greek
OTHER WORDS FROM anchorite
an·cho·rit·ic [ang-kuh-rit-ik] /ˌæŋ kəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjective an·cho·rit·i·cal·ly, adverb an·cho·rit·ism [ang-kuh-rahy-tiz-uh m] /ˈæŋ kə raɪˌtɪz əm/, nounWords nearby anchorite
anchor watch,
anchorage,
anchoress,
anchoret,
anchorette,
anchorite,
anchorman,
anchorperson,
anchors,
anchorwoman,
anchory
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British Dictionary definitions for anchorite
anchorite
/ (ˈæŋkəˌraɪt) /
noun
a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
Derived forms of anchorite
anchoress, fem nWord Origin for anchorite
C15: from Medieval Latin
anchorīta, from Late Latin
anachōrēta, from Greek
anakhōrētēs, from
anakhōrein to retire, withdraw, from
khōra a space