Oh, hang him? He's a very Anchorite—a young Hermit!
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Anchorite
//ˈæŋ.kə(ˌ)ɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "anchorite" (55 found)
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36 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անապատական noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отшелник noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Czech
1 entries- poustevník noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Dutch
3 entries- anachoreet noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- heremiet noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- kluizenaar noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Esperanto
4 entries- anakoreto noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- anaĥoreto noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- dezertulo noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- ermito noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Finnish
2 entries- anakoreetti noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- erakko (any hermit) noun (one who lives in seclusion)
French
1 entries- anachorète noun (one who lives in seclusion)
German
4 entries- Anachoret noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- Einsiedler noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- Eremit noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- Klausner noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Greek
1 entries- αναχωρητής noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Hungarian
1 entries- remete noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Irish
1 entries- ancaire noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Italian
2 entries- anacoreta noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- eremita noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Macedonian
1 entries- затворник noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Middle English
1 entries- ankre noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Occitan
1 entries- anacorèta noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Old English
1 entries- ancor noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Polish
1 entries- anachoreta noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Portuguese
1 entries- anacoreta noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Russian
2 entries- анахоре́т noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- затво́рник noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aonaran noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Spanish
2 entries- anacoreta noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- eremita noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Swedish
2 entries- anakoret noun (one who lives in seclusion)
- eremit noun (one who lives in seclusion)
Sample sentences
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The household was diminished, and its expenses curtailed. There was a very blank anchorite repast when Pen dined from home: and he himself headed the remonstrance from the kitchen regarding the deteriorated quality of the Fairoaks beer.
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The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
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“Haven't you been in love since you came to Paris?” “I haven't got time for that sort of nonsense. Life isn't long enough for love and art.” “Your appearance doesn't suggest the anchorite.”
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