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Word: Anchorite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin anchorita (ecclesiastical Latin anchoreta), from ecclesiastical Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein ‘retire’, from ana- ‘back’ + khōra, khōr- ‘a place’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaŋkərʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a religious recluse.
Short Definition:religious recluse
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