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[ ang-ker-is ] / ˈæŋ kər ɪs /
nouna woman who is an anchorite. Origin of anchoress1350–1400; late Middle English anchoryse,Middle English ankres, equivalent to ancreanchorite + -es-ess usage note for anchoressSee -ess. Words nearby anchoressanchor bell, anchor bolt, anchor buoy, anchor deck, anchor escapement, anchoress, anchoret, anchorette, anchor ice, anchorite, anchor light Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anchoressI'll not go back to my anchoress lodge in the north till I see what works out of them! The Herd Boy and His Hermit|Charlotte M. Yonge The Lady Julian, who was the anchoress in 1393, is said to have had two servants to attend her in her old age. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts An anchoress must not become a schoolmistress, nor turn her anchoress-house into a school for children. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power An old woman sits under the window; the anchoress appears and a conversation begins. A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand
Stop before the house of this anchoress, secluded from the world, and absorbed in pious meditations, a holy and quiet place. A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand
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