Translations for anchorite in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

anchorite [Brit ˈaŋkərʌɪt, Am ˈæŋkəˌraɪt] N

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Sometimes, if the anchorite was walled up inside the cell, the bishop would put his seal upon the wall to stamp it with his authority. en.wikipedia.org

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

Anchorites were supposed to remain in their cell in all eventualities. 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He wished to spend the rest of his life as an anchorite, withdrawn from the world, living in a cell adjacent to the church.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

A small window in the chancel is believed to indicate the existence of an anchorite's cell in medieval times. en.wikipedia.org

His penitential zeal rivalled that of the early anchorites, and, according to his spiritual director, he carried his baptismal innocence to the grave. en.wikipedia.org

Then, after having been abandoned during the fourth century, it may have been put to use by newly arrived anchorites. en.wikipedia.org

The chancel of the earlier building contained an anchorite's cell. en.wikipedia.org

He would later go on to found a third type of monastic institution, the skete, as a middle road between anchorites and cenobites. en.wikipedia.org

When the anchorite died of illness or natural causes, the chamber had been sealed off to become his tomb. en.wikipedia.org

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