An"cho*rage (&?;), n. Abode of an anchoret.
An"chor*ate (&?;), a. Anchor- shaped.
An"chored (&?;), a. 1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]
An"cho*ress (&?;), n. A female anchoret.
And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt.
Wordsworth.
An"cho*ret (&?;), An"cho*rite (&?;), n. [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to go back, retire; &?; + &?; to give place, retire, &?; place; perh. akin to Skr. h to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.]
Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals.
Boyle.
{ An`cho*ret"ic (&?;), An`cho*ret"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
An"cho*ret`ish (&?;), a. Hermitlike.
An"cho*ret*ism (&?;), n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
An"chor-hold` (&?;), n. 1. The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.