Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being secluded from the world; the condition of an anchoret. Also written
anchoritism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The practice or mode of life of an
anchoret .
Etymologies
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anchoret + -ism
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Examples
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Taríqat, or the Path on which the mystic wayfarer journeys in search of the True One; this stage also includes anchoretism.
The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854
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