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Definition of Anchoress
1. n. A female anchoret.
Definition of Anchoress
1. Noun. A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation. ¹
2. Noun. (context: informal) an anchorwoman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anchoress
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Medical Definition of Anchoress
1. A female anchoret. "And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt." (Wordsworth) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchoress
Literary usage of Anchoress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancren Riwle: A Treatise on the Rules and Duties of Monastic Life by James Morton, Camden Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"It is their business who are set over the rest and have to take charge of them.
An anchoress hath only to take heed to herself and her maidens. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"... one of us ought to give to God our soul in matrimony; for he is ready to
receive her to his spouse [etc.]. HOW AN Anchoress WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL ..."
3. Revelations of Divine Love by Julian (1901)
"See the Will of Robert Pert —proved 1445—which left "to the anchoress of ...
who in 1466 left bequests to "Dame Julian, anchoress at Car- row, ..."
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