'anchorite' definitions:
Definition of 'anchorite'
(from WordNet)
noun
One retired from society for religious reasons [syn: anchorite, hermit]
Synonyms of 'anchorite'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstainer,
- Albigensian,
- anchoress,
- ascetic,
- bedridden invalid,
- bhikshu,
- Catharist,
- cloistered monk,
- closet cynic,
- dervish,
- desert fathers,
- desert saints,
- Diogenes,
- eremite,
- fakir,
- flagellant,
- Franciscan,
- hermit,
- hermitess,
- Hieronymian,
- Hieronymite,
- homebody,
- invalid,
- isolationist,
- loner,
- marabout,
- mendicant,
- outcast,
- pariah,
- pillar saint,
- pillarist,
- puritan,
- recluse,
- Sabbatarian,
- sannyasi,
- seclusionist,
- shut-in,
- solitaire,
- solitary,
- solitudinarian,
- stay-at-home,
- stylite,
- Timon of Athens,
- Trappist,
- Waldensian,
- yogi,
- yogin