Anchoret
Pronunciation : An"cho*ret
Part of Speech : An"cho*rite
Etymology : [F. anachor?te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ha to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.]
Definition : Defn: One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913