Definition of Anchorets

1. Noun. (plural of anchoret) ¹

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Definition of Anchorets

1. anchoret [n] - See also: anchoret

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchorets

anchor light
anchor line
anchor pylon
anchor ring
anchor splint
anchorable
anchorage
anchorage dependence
anchorage ground
anchorages
anchored
anchoress
anchoresses
anchoret
anchoretism
anchorets (current term)
anchorhold
anchorin
anchoring
anchoring villus
anchorite
anchorites
anchoritess
anchoritesses
anchoritic
anchoritically
anchorless
anchorlike
anchorman
anchormen

Literary usage of Anchorets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India by Jean Antoine Dubois (1817)
"OF THE GIANTS, THE ADVERSARIES OF THE anchorets. A HE Vanaprastha Brahmans were exposed to great difficulties in the accomplishment of their sacrifices, ..."

2. A History of the Church by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1840)
"ASCETICS AND anchorets.—THE ORIGIN OF MONASTERIES.—SPREAD OF THE MONASTIC INSTITUTE IN THE EAST AND WEST.—THE BENEDICTINE ORDER. —CLOISTERS OF NUNS. ..."

3. The Fathers, Historians, and Writers of the Church: Literally Translated (1864)
"The anchorets. I SHALL say nothing of those whom I have mentioned a little higher up, who, perfectly secret from human sight, contented with bread only, ..."

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