anchorite

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1909 Catholic Dictionary by Various (1909)

(Greek: anachoreo, withdraw)

Men who renounce the world in order to spend their lives alone in penance and prayer; women are known as anchoresses. See also:

hermit
patrons of hermits

New Catholic Dictionary

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