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anchorite

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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.
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He lived in Paris more lonely than an anchorite in the deserts of Thebes.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
I have a little brass bed in a dressing-room, and a little hair mattress like an anchorite.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
 
 
 
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