anchoresses

variants or ancresses
plural of anchoress

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • One of the nuns was allegedly killed by a demon appearing as a nun, and the other died by suicide to avoid being possessed by the evil force.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At some point, a pair of politically active nuns started hanging out at the Nash home, eventually leaving their formal nun habits, cast off as part of their activism, at the house.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Now, the website has become essential for anyone who’s interested in, or serious about, chess—from novices to grandmasters.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Especially for opera novices, the Prelude Talks can be a great way to get oriented before the overture.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Analysts point to how the restrictions have held, despite high-level pushback by other prominent clerics, and multiple attempts on the ground to sidestep the rules.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That exquisitely rare skill — the ability to arrange a handful of ordinary notes in a way that makes time stop and pulses quicken — unites long-anonymous troubadours, symphonists, Broadway entertainers, earnest singer-songwriters, griots, and ancient clerics.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Anchoresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anchoresses. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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