English Explanatory Dictionary

anchoress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.

noun

An anchorwoman.

Word forms

anchoress anchoresses anchress

Etymology

From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.

Synonyms

anchoritess

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