different between anchorite vs anachorite

English

Alternative forms

• anachoret, anachorete, anachorite, anchoret

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (anakh?r?t?s, “anchoret”), from ???????? (anakh?ré?, “I withdraw, retire”), via Latin anchor?ta, a variant of anachor?ta (“anchorite”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anchorite (plural anchorites)

1. One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.
   • 1950, Will Durant, The Age of Faith, Simon and Schuster, page 792.

     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.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) anchor, eremite, hermit, recluse

Related terms

• anchoress (feminine gender)

Translations

Further reading

• Hermit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• page in Portuguese Wikipedia
• A definition in Spanish

Anagrams

• antechoir, heatronic

English

Noun

anachorite (plural anachorites)

1. Alternative spelling of anchorite