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...

An anchorite (feminine form anchoress) is a Christian person who lives in strict physical separation from secular society. Anchorite or Anchoress may...

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

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...

The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite in Egypt is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the Eastern Desert, near the Red Sea Mountains. It is about...

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

throughout the centuries. Yet the anchoritic life, while similar to the eremitic life, can also be distinct from it. Anchorites lived the religious life in...

Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as Cyriacus the Hermit) (Greek: Ὅσιος Κυριακός ὁ Ἀναχωρητής, Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs) was born in Corinth in...

Saint Cyrus the Anchorite, also known as Anba Karas (Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲁⲣⲟⲥ, Arabic: أنبا كاراس), was a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church who lived during...