单词 | anchoritess |
释义 | anchoritessn. historical. A female anchorite; = anchoress n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [noun] > female anchoressa1250 anchorist1581 hermitress1611 hermitess1633 anchoritess1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 96 Pega his sister, an Anchoritesse, led a solitary life, not far from him. 1838 J. D'Alton Hist. County Dublin 499 One side of the building is perfect and thickly enveloped with ivy. Here was also the cell of an anchoritess. 1872 E. L. Cutts Scenes Middle Ages 131 An Anchoritess in the hermitage of St. Brendon, in Bristol. 1907 Trans. Worcs. Naturalists' Club 3 28 The tomb of Joan Clopton, an anchoritess, and widow of Sir William Clopton, c. 1430. 1991 K. Simms in M. MacCurtain & M. O'Dowd Women in Early Mod. Ireland ii. 33 In 1437, Gormlaith..ended her days as an anchoritess with the Premonstratensian Canons on Trinity Island, Lough Key. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1655 |
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