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anchoress

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Definitions

  1. A female anchorite.

  2. 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.

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