Look up anchorite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; from Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρέω, romanized: anakhōréō...

An immured anchorite, considered by many to be a myth, is a Tibetan monk who has taken a vow to spend his life permanently sealed inside a small walled...

The Anchorite (Spanish: El anacoreta) is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Estelrich. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival...

may also refer to: The Anchorite, a 1976 Spanish film HMS Anchorite (P422), a Royal Navy submarine of the Second A Class Anchorite, a kind of Azalea (Glenn...

("squint") built into the shared wall near the sanctuary to allow the anchorite to participate in the liturgy by listening to the service and to receive...

Misael the Anchorite was a Christian monk who is venerated by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Much of St. Misael's story is recorded by Anba Isaac, the abbot...

The Anchorite Hills are a mountain range in Mineral County, Nevada. "Anchorite Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey...

The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewibrefi (also Jesus ms. 119) (Welsh: Llyfr Ancr Llanddewibrefi or Llyfr yr Ancr) is a fourteenth-century Welsh manuscript...

Calogeros the Anchorite (Greek: Καλόγερος ὁ Αναχωρητής, translit. Kalogeros ho Anakhorētēs, Kalogeros o Anakhoritis, Latin: Calogerus or Calocerus, Sicilian:...

227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, who...