anchoress

noun

Etymology

From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.

  1. inherited from ankres

Definitions

  1. 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 …
  2. 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

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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