anachoˈretical,a.rare. [f.Gr. ἀναχωρητικ-ός of the nature of an anchorite + -al1.] After the manner of an anchoret. (See anchoretical.) 1656Blount Glossogr., Anachoretical, Anachoretal, belonging to solitariness or Hermites.1845G. Petrie Eccles.Archit.Irel. 113 He betook himself to an anachoretical life.