Middle English Dictionary Entry
anchōrīte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anchōrīte n. Also ana-, ancorite. |
| Etymology | L anachōrēta (from Gr.) & OF anacorite. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A recluse or hermit.
Associated quotations
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)417/144 : [He] leued as an hermyte And..Beside a welle lay, lik an Anachorite.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)38/11 : First dwelt þei in dyuers wodes..tyl þat our auctour gadered hem to-gidyr & mad of anachorites cenobites.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)65 : Thelophorus [was] mad Pope, whech was first a ancorite.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)33/17 : Of þe which thynge prophecied onys an holy recluse or an anchorite þe tyme of kynge Egilredus.