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Anachorets
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary
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Or ANCHORITES, a sort of monks in the primitive church, who retired from the society of mankind into some desert, with a view to avoid the temptations of the world, and to be more at leisure for prayer, meditation, &c. Such were Paul, Anthony, and Hilarion, the first founders of monastic life in Egypt and Palestine.
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Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Anachorets'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/a/anachorets.html. 1802.
Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Anachorets'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/a/anachorets.html. 1802.
