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anchorite a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit anchorite [′aŋ·kə‚rīt] (petrology) A variety of diorite having nodules of mafic minerals and veins of felsic minerals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He lived in Paris more lonely than an anchorite in the deserts of Thebes. Bounderby's retreat, where, notwithstanding her anchorite turn of mind based upon her becoming consciousness of her altered station, she resigned herself with noble fortitude to lodging, as one may say, in clover, and feeding on the fat of the land. I have a little brass bed in a dressing-room, and a little hair mattress like an anchorite. |
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