A person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Medieval Latin anchrta, from Late Latin anachrta, from Late Greek anakhrts, from anakhrein, to retire : ana-, ana- + khrein, to make room for, withdraw (from khros, place; see gh- in Appendix I).
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