different between anchorite vs laura

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

Alternative forms

• lavra

Etymology

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek ????? (laúra, “lane, path”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

laura (plural lauras or laurae)

1. (historical, Roman Catholic Church) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
   • 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer, The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240,

     The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.

2. (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
   • 1966, E. C. Butler, Chapter XVIII: Monasticism, H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney (editors), The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1, page 529,

     There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure.

Anagrams

• aural

Basque

Adjective

laura

1. allative inanimate singular of lau

Noun

laura

1. allative singular of lau

Numeral

laura

1. allative singular of lau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.?a/

Verb

laura

1. third-person singular past historic of laurer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.ra/, [???äu??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.ra/, [?l??u?r?]

Etymology 1

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Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

1. Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 894/1

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek ????? (laúra).

Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: laura

References

• laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ?ive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)