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Anchoress

noun, slang

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Noun

1
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
"… and advises the anchoresses to take on the basic religious vows …"
2
An anchorwoman. informal
"Williams was co-hosting in place of Katie Couric, a move some have speculated was meant to deprive the possible next anchoress of the CBS Evening News the prime time exposure."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.

Etymology 2

From anchor + -ess.

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