Both the anachoretic and the missionary spirit were strong in the family of Penda; the former chiefly among the women, the latter among the men of the house: nearly all his children and grandchildren died in the odour of sanctity.
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Anachoretic
Synonyms for "anachoretic"
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Portuguese
1 entries- anacorético adj (relating to or living in religious reclusion)
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No longer purely anachoretic or solitary, it begins, like the insect on the flower, to simulate the colour of that new social life from which it draws its own.
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Anachoretic behaviour is of two different kinds, permanent and temporary.
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If a combination of micro-organisms is injected simultaneously, only one of the bacteria may be demonstrated in the anachoretic abscess.
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