anchoress
nounEtymology
From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.
- inherited from ankres
Definitions
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary…
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
- … and advises the anchoresses to take on the basic religious vows …
An anchorwoman.
- Williams was co-hosting in place of Katie Couric, a move some have speculated was meant to deprive the possible next anchoress of the CBS Evening News the prime time exposure.
- Mr. Thompson reportedly booted executives off a cross-continental Citigroup flight to be alone with the impeccably brunette anchoress.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for anchoress. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA