(n.) One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
(n.) Same as Anchoret.
Example Sentences:
(1) One early reader wondered: "How to describe a book that features a band of Atemporals pitted against a band of sinister, soul-devouring Anchorites, who stage an epic battle in a shrine in the Swiss Alps?"
(2) Perhaps there were other actors as beautiful as Peter O'Toole in his 60s pomp but surely no one had such mesmeric eyes – the eyes of a seducer, a visionary or an anchorite, a sinner or a saint.