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Recent Examples of anchorite
The original Anthology Film Archives, on Lafayette Street in Manhattan, was designed with high black partitions between each seat, so that viewers could wall themselves in to the screen like anchorites.
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Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
Why were anchorites such as Simeon Stylites — who lived atop a pillar — regularly consulted on all sorts of practical problems?
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
Perhaps our lives now more closely resemble ancient anchorites, religious recluses who lived alone in rooms adjoining churches, said Cathleen Kaveny, a Catholic theologian at Boston College.
—Daniel Burke, CNN, 5 Apr. 2020
In other instances, anchorites became wise people to visit and from whom to seek council.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
But there are certainly similarities between the anchorite and the handmaid.
—Annie Sutherland, Quartzy, 13 June 2019
Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
Why were anchorites such as Simeon Stylites — who lived atop a pillar — regularly consulted on all sorts of practical problems?
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
Perhaps our lives now more closely resemble ancient anchorites, religious recluses who lived alone in rooms adjoining churches, said Cathleen Kaveny, a Catholic theologian at Boston College.
—Daniel Burke, CNN, 5 Apr. 2020
In other instances, anchorites became wise people to visit and from whom to seek council.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
But there are certainly similarities between the anchorite and the handmaid.
—Annie Sutherland, Quartzy, 13 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anchorite
hermit
Noun
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Get Your Butt Outside: Since the pandemic, too many of us have been living like hermits, working from home and socializing from home.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
28 July 2025
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The order was born juridically in March 1244, when Pope Innocent IV united various groups of hermits in service to the Universal Church as a community of Mendicant Friars.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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“Anchorite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anchorite. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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