anchoretic, a.
(æŋkəˈrɛtɪk)
Also 9– -itic.
[f. anchoret, anchorite + -ic, after Gr. ἀναχωρητικός.]
Of or pertaining to an anchorite.
| 1661 Origen's Opin. in Phœnix (1721) I. 6 A Monastick and Anchoretick Life. 1829 I. Taylor Enthus. viii. 203 In an enumeration of the natural causes of the anchoretic life, the influence of scenery should not be overlooked. 1862 Latham Channel Isl. iii. xiii. (ed. 2) 326 Their discipline was, essentially, anchoritic and recluse. |