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anchorite (http://www.answers.com/topic/anchorite) (ANG-kuh-ryt)
noun, also anchoret
One who lives in seclusion; a hermit.
Etymology
Via Middle English, Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Late Greek, from Greek anakhoretes, to withdraw.
Usage
"The use of money is the purest act of faith; no anchorite who has followed a vision into the desert has acted on an idea as far-fetched as our belief that if we put a dollar in a machine we will be drinking a Diet Coke in a minute." — Mary Gordon, We Are All Spendthrifts Now, The New York Times, May 29, 2000.
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noun, also anchoret
One who lives in seclusion; a hermit.
Etymology
Via Middle English, Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Late Greek, from Greek anakhoretes, to withdraw.
Usage
"The use of money is the purest act of faith; no anchorite who has followed a vision into the desert has acted on an idea as far-fetched as our belief that if we put a dollar in a machine we will be drinking a Diet Coke in a minute." — Mary Gordon, We Are All Spendthrifts Now, The New York Times, May 29, 2000.
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