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anchorite <anchorite; anchorites> N

anchorite REL

anchorite REL

anchorite REL

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In the late 19th century the skeleton of an anchorite was discovered when a chamber was found beneath the castle's chapel. en.wikipedia.org

An anchorite's hermitage is called an anchor-hold; some anchor-holds were simple sheds clamped to the side of a church like a barnacle or a rock. en.wikipedia.org

The door of anchorages tended to be bricked up in a special ceremony conducted by the local bishop after the anchorite had moved in. en.wikipedia.org

One unusual and ancient feature of the church, which survived in a complete form until the 14th century, was an anchorite's cell. en.wikipedia.org

It was the site of a now vanished anchorite's cell, which would have projected from the wall. en.wikipedia.org

His reputation attracted a loose band of anchorites, hermits and monks who settled nearby in individual cells. en.wikipedia.org

The writer accuses these of housing nunneries or anchorites, and questions whether the building is indeed being used solely as a church. en.wikipedia.org

Further along the wall can be seen a cruciform opening which enabled the anchorite, whose cell was above the present sacristy, to see the altar. en.wikipedia.org

He wished to spend the rest of his life as an anchorite, withdrawn from the world, living in a cell adjacent to the church. en.wikipedia.org

Examples of the dwellings of anchorites and anchoresses survive. en.wikipedia.org

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