Anchoress Definition

ăngkər-ĭs
noun
A woman who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
American Heritage
A female anchorite.
Webster's New World

A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.

Wiktionary

(informal) An anchorwoman.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Anchoress

Noun

Singular:
anchoress
Plural:
anchoresses

Origin of Anchoress

  • Middle English anchoryse, ankres from ancre anchorite from Old English ancra from Old Irish anchara from Late Latin anachōrēta anchorite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From anchor +‎ -ess

    From Wiktionary

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