anchorite

Example Sentences

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But Hardulph would not have been a hermit in the colloquial sense; he would have been an anchorite, meaning that he would have been anchored to the church and may have had disciples, Simons explained.

From Washington Post

We see Moore and her mother living together in Greenwich Village “like anchorites.”

From New York Times

In other instances, anchorites became wise people to visit and from whom to seek council.

From Los Angeles Times

The men are like tangled electric wires, sparking one another into insult, retort, slander; they talk over and through one another, shouting at city-desk anchorites on the other end of the phone line.

From The New Yorker

There have been hermits – also known as recluses, monks, misanthropes, ascetics, anchorites, swamis – at all times in recorded history, across all cultures.

From The Guardian