Found 2 items, similar to anchorite.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: anchorite anchorite n : one retired from society for religious reasons [syn: hermit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Anchorite Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. Same as Anchoret. [1913 Webster] Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[`e]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back, retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to Skr. h[=a] 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.] [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]