anchoritic

• Qui se rapporte à un anachorète ou qui est caractéristique de celui-ci — une personne menant une vie solitaire et ascétique pour des raisons religieuses.

Relating to or characteristic of an anchorite, a person who lives a solitary, ascetic life for religious reasons.

1. Relating to a hermit's lifeC2formal

   Characterized by living in seclusion and practicing self-denial, typically for religious reasons.

   Anachorétique

   • The monk adopted an anchoritic lifestyle in the remote mountains.
   • Her anchoritic existence involved long periods of silence and prayer.
   • The anchoritic tradition emphasizes withdrawal from worldly affairs.

   Synonymesasceticeremiticreclusivesolitary

   Antonymescenobiticgregarioussociablesocial