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ANCHORITIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Characterized by ascetic solitude

Example:

his hermitic existence

Synonyms:

anchoritic; eremitic; eremitical; hermitic; hermitical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)

Derivation:

anchorite (one retired from society for religious reasons)

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