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anchorite
noun as in hermit
Strongest match
noun as in monk
noun as in nun
Strongest match
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His philosophy had made him neither an ascetic nor an anchorite.
A description of this anchorite of the rocks will be given in a later chapter.
There rushed over him a horror that he could have succumbed so easily to the temptation that befalls every anchorite.
You live the life of an anchorite here, never coming to the city, and I remain in retirement, scarcely ever going from the city.
The solitary anchorite was soon supplanted by the cœnobitic establishment, the monastery.
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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anchorite, such as: recluse, ascetic, eremite, misanthrope, skeptic, and solitaire.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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