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Anchoress

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: anachoreo, withdraw)

Men who renounce the world in order to spend their lives alone in penance and prayer; women are known as anchoresses. See also:

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Entry for 'Anchoress'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/anchoress.html. 1910.
 
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