Meaning anchoress
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anchoress"female recluse, nun," late 14c.; see anchorite + -ess.
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anchoressA female anchorite. These women were eremites or hermits in the medieval period who would request permission from the local pastor to be walled up alive in a small cell attached to the side of the chu [..]
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anchoressA female anchoret. "And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt." (Wordsworth) (01 Mar 1998)
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anchoressa woman who inhabits a cell built into the walls of a cathedral or other religious site and who lives a life of meditation and prayer, contacting the outside world only through her confessor and recei [..]
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A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
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