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anchoret

N ผู้ ที่อยู่ สันโดษ เพื่อ รักษาศีล  anchorite phu-ti-yu-yang-san-dod-phuea-rak-sa-sin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANCHORET, ANCHORITE

n.[Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret. ] A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world and devote himself to religious duties. Also a monk, who, with the leave of the abbot, retires to a cave or cell, with an allowance from the monastery, to live in solitude.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANCHORET; ANCHORITE

An "cho *ret, An "cho *rite, n. Etym: [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. ha to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit. ]

 

Defn: One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret. ] Our Savior himself. .. did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

 

ANCHORETIC; ANCHORETICAL

An `cho *ret "ic, An `cho *ret "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.

 

Defn: Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

 

ANCHORETISH

ANCHORETISH An "cho *ret `ish, a.

 

Defn: Hermitlike.

 

ANCHORETISM

ANCHORETISM An "cho *ret *ism, n.

 

Defn: The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

anchoret

an cho ret /ǽŋkərèt /名詞 anchorite .