† ˈanchoritessarch. [f. anchorite + -ess.] A rare fem. of anchorite; = anchoress. 1655Fuller Ch.Hist. ii. 96 Pega his sister, an Anchoritesse, led a solitary life, not far from him.1872E. L. Cutts Scenes Mid. Ages 131 An Anchoritess in the hermitage of St. Brendon, in Bristol.