anachorète

See also: anachorete

French

Etymology

Borrowed from ecclesiastical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin anachoreta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.kɔ.ʁɛt/

Noun

anachorète m (plural anachorètes)

1. anchorite (religious person)
2. anchorite (one who lives in seclusion)

Further reading

• “anachorète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.