ANCHORESS meaning: Hermit devoted to religious seclusion

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anchoress: Merriam-Webster
anchoress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
anchoress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
anchoress: Collins English Dictionary
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anchoress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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anchoress: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (anchoress)

▸ noun: A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
▸ noun: (informal) An anchorwoman.

Opposite:

anchorite, hermit, monk, nun

Adjectives:

english, good, false, century, holy, old, saintly, many, young, beautiful, sensual

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