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   Anchoret , Anchorite , n. [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. , fr.  to go back, retire;  +  to give place, retire,  place; perh. akin to Skr. hā to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.]
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   Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals.
   Boyle.
   
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