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a woman who is an anchorite.
historical examples

she may be a nun; but if ever she prove an anch-r-ss, i’ll dig her grave with my nails.
a select collection of old english plays, volume 10 (of 15) various

an anch-r-ss that is a buyer and a seller selleth her soul to the chapman of h-ll.
medieval english nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 eileen edna power

an anch-r-ss must not become a school-mistress, nor turn her house into a school for children.
scenes and characters of the middle ages edward lewes cutts

an anch-r-ss must not become a schoolmistress, nor turn her anch-r-ss-house into a school for children.
medieval english nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 eileen edna power

i’ll not go back to my anch-r-ss lodge in the north till i see what works out of them!
the herd boy and his hermit charlotte m. yonge

for a case of doubt in an anch-r-ss, which, however ended well, see ib.
medieval english nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 eileen edna power

the lady julian, who was the anch-r-ss in 1393, is said to have had two servants to attend her in her old age.
scenes and characters of the middle ages edward lewes cutts

in 1453, an anch-r-ss named matilda supplied the place of isabella, who we may suppose had long since gone to her reward.
scenes and characters of the middle ages edward lewes cutts

one plea to lead a stricter life was, however, less open to suspicion; that was the request to be enclosed as an anch-r-ss.
medieval english nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 eileen edna power

stop before the house of this anch-r-ss, secluded from the world, and absorbed in pious meditations, a holy and quiet place.
a literary history of the english people jean jules jusserand

n.

“female recluse, nun,” late 14c.; see anchorite + -ess.