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Definitions
A female anchorite.
A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
Word origin
From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.
Used in a sentence
“… and advises the anchoresses to take on the basic religious vows …”
“Williams was co-hosting in place of Katie Couric, a move some have speculated was meant to deprive the possible next anchoress of the CBS Evening News the prime time exposure.”
“Mr. Thompson reportedly booted executives off a cross-continental Citigroup flight to be alone with the impeccably brunette anchoress.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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