an·cho·rite ( ng k -r t ) also an·cho·ret (-r t)n. A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin anch  rta, from Late Latin anachr ta, from Late Greek anakhrts, from anakhrein, to retire : ana-, ana- + khrein, to make room for, withdraw (from khros, place; see gh- in Indo-European roots).]an cho·ritic (-r tk) adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | anchoritic - characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney |
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