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† ˈanchoritess arch. [f. anchorite + -ess.] A rare fem. of anchorite; = anchoress.1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. 96 Pega his sister, an Anchoritesse, led a solitary life, not far from him. 1872 E. L. Cutts Scenes Mid. Ages 131 An Anchoritess in the hermitage of St. Brendon, in Bristol.
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anchoress, ancress (ˈæŋkərɪs, ˈæŋkrɪs) Forms: 4–6 ankres, 5 -keras, -korasse, (angoras), 5–7 ancresse, 6 ankresse, -isse, anckres, anchorisse, 6–7 -esse, (9 arch. ancress, -kress), 7– anchoress. [f. ancre, anchor n.2, with Fr. fem. ending -esse, -ess; cf. anchresse in Palsgr. 1530. In ME. ancre was ...
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