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n. A female anchoret. [ 1913 Webster ]
And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hermitlike. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]