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anchorite

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Anchorite (noun) means a person who lives alone, cut off from others, usually for religious reasons.

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A person who lives alone, cut off from others, usually for religious reasons.

"About 1150 some Palestinian anchorites adopted the eremitical rule of St. Basil, and spread throughout Palestine; when the Moslems captured the Holy Land these "Carmelites" migrated to Cyprus, Sicily, France, and England." — Will Durant, The Age of Faith (1950)

"“Haven't you been in love since you came to Paris?” “I haven't got time for that sort of nonsense. Life isn't long enough for love and art.” “Your appearance doesn't suggest the anchorite.”" — William Somerset Maugham (1919)

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