anchoress
anchoress
Definition
an·cho·ress (aŋ′kə rəs)
noun
a female anchorite
anchoress
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: A holy virgin who left Ireland for Brittany and became an anchoress in a hermitage near Brieuc.
- martyr: Two hermits and an anchoress martyred by the Danes at Thorney in England.
Preposition: in
- apennines: She was carried to her brother's deathbed by angels and reposed as an anchoress in the Apennines.
Browse dictionary entries near anchoress
- anchorage
- anchor ice
- anchor
- ancho chili
- Anchises
- ancestry
- ancestress
- ancestral
- ancestor
- -ance
- anchorite
- anchorperson
- anchorwoman
- anchovy
- anchovy pear
- anchusa
- anchusin
- anchylose
- ancien régime
- ancient
