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anchorite
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Definition:Defn: One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals.
Boyle.
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It happens that a ray of light gleams in the dark cell of the anchorite absorbed in prayer, or a bird alights on the window and sings its song; the stern anchorite will smile in spite of himself, and a gentle, sinless joy will pierce through the load of grief over his sins, like water flowing from under a stone.
Anton Chekhov. The Duel and Other Stories
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