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词汇 anchoress
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Definition of anchoress in English:

anchoress

nounˈaŋkərəsˈæŋk(ə)rəs
historical
  • A female anchorite.

    〈史〉女隐士

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Among these was Margaret Kirkeby who became an anchoress in his neighbourhood and to whom a number of his major English works (notably The Forme of Perfect Living) are addressed.
    • The author opens her new introduction to this edition with an intriguing question: ‘What does it mean to be an anchoress in postmodernity?’
    • What is it about a fourteenth-century English anchoress that could be so appealing to people living at the beginning of the second millennium?
    • Two children dealing with their mother's disappearance (and father's attempts to remarry) encounter an anchoress who reveals the truth of their family's past.
    • As a priest performed the ceremonies of the burial office, Julian took up residence as an anchoress in a small apartment attached to the church.
    Synonyms
    abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk

Definition of anchoress in US English:

anchoress

nounˈaNGk(ə)rəsˈæŋk(ə)rəs
historical
  • A female anchorite.

    〈史〉女隐士

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Among these was Margaret Kirkeby who became an anchoress in his neighbourhood and to whom a number of his major English works (notably The Forme of Perfect Living) are addressed.
    • Two children dealing with their mother's disappearance (and father's attempts to remarry) encounter an anchoress who reveals the truth of their family's past.
    • What is it about a fourteenth-century English anchoress that could be so appealing to people living at the beginning of the second millennium?
    • As a priest performed the ceremonies of the burial office, Julian took up residence as an anchoress in a small apartment attached to the church.
    • The author opens her new introduction to this edition with an intriguing question: ‘What does it mean to be an anchoress in postmodernity?’
    Synonyms
    abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk
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