anchoret


an·cho·rite

A0285300 (ăng′kə-rīt′) also an·cho·ret (-rĕt′)n. A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin anchōrīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Late Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein, to retire : ana-, ana- + khōrein, to make room for, withdraw (from khōros, place; see ghē- in Indo-European roots).]
an′cho·rit′ic (-rĭt′ĭk) adj.

anchoret

(ˈæŋkərɛt) n another name for anchorite
Translations
anacoreta