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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

  1. ‹ anchorage
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  4. ‹ ancho chili
  5. ‹ Anchises
  6. ‹ ancestry
  7. ‹ ancestress
  8. ‹ ancestral
  9. ‹ ancestor
  10. ‹ -ance
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