Usually means: Small anchor used decoratively, symbolically.
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  1. anchoret: Merriam-Webster
  2. anchoret: Collins English Dictionary
  3. anchoret: Wordnik
  4. anchoret: Wiktionary
  5. anchoret: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Anchoret, anchoret: Dictionary.com
  7. Anchoret: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Anchoret: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. anchoret: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. anchoret: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Anchoret: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of anchorite [One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.]

Similar:
anachoret, anachorete, anachorite, reclusery, intrencher, hospitaler, consecrater, conreligionist, coenobite, alytarches, more...

Opposite:
worldly, social, outgoing, extroverted

Adjectives:
holy, first, solitary, inoffensive, celebrated, very, mere, pious, famous, french, studious

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Similar:
anachoret, anachorete, anachorite, reclusery, intrencher, hospitaler, consecrater, conreligionist, coenobite, alytarches, more...

Opposite:
worldly, social, outgoing, extroverted

Adjectives:
holy, first, solitary, inoffensive, celebrated, very, mere, pious, famous, french, studious



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