Anchoret

It was not until worn out by the obstinacy of the anchoret that he consented to put the state and condition of his mistress to a certain trial.

"... or if they preferred spending a penitential evening, they might turn down yonder wild glade, which would bring them to the hermitage of Copmanhurst, where a pious anchoret would make them sharers for the night of the shelter of his roof and the benefit of his prayers."