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anchorites

anchorites is the plural of anchorite.

Meaning of anchorite

Noun

anchorite (plural anchorites)

  1. One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
    • Oh, hang him? He's a very Anchorite—a young Hermit!1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii

Questions about anchorites

What is anchorites the plural of?
Anchorites is the plural of anchorite.

Words near anchorites in the dictionary

  1. anchorism
  2. anchorisms
  3. anchorist
  4. anchorists
  5. anchorite
  6. anchorites
  7. anchoritess
  8. anchoritesses
  9. anchoritic
  10. anchoritically
  11. anchoritish

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