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Meaning of "anchoress" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANCHORESS

anchoress  [ˈæŋkəˌres] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANCHORESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anchoress is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANCHORESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of anchoress in the English dictionary

The definition of anchoress in the dictionary is a female anchorite.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANCHORESS


antistress
æntɪstres
Baleares
baleˈares
conqueress
ˈkɒŋkəres
derepress
ˌdiːrɪˈpres
housedress
ˈhaʊsdres
jointuress
ˈdʒɔɪntjəˌres
maxidress
ˈmæksɪˌdres
millionairess
ˌmɪlɪəˈneəres
prepress
priːˈpres
reexpress
ˌriːɪkˈspres
rockcress
ˈrɒkˌkres
sweaterdress
ˈswetərˌdres
tendresse
tɑ̃dres

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANCHORESS

anchor
anchor ice
anchor ring
anchorage
anchorage dues
anchorage point
anchoret
anchoretic
anchoretical
anchorette
anchorite
anchoritic
anchoritical
anchoritically
anchorless
anchorman
anchormen
anchorperson
anchors
anchorwoman

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANCHORESS

actress
address
at the press
authoress
cocktail dress
confessoress
doctoress
electoress
jailoress
lady mayoress
mayoress
prioress
professoress
rectoress
subprioress
superioress
tailoress
traitoress
tutoress
warrioress

Synonyms and antonyms of anchoress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anchoress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANCHORESS

Find out the translation of anchoress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anchoress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anchoress» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

隐士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anacoreta
570 millions of speakers

English

anchoress
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संन्यासिनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

anchoress
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

затворница
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anacoreta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

anchoress
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anachorète
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jangkar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einsiedlerin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

anchoress
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

anchoress
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anchoress
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

anchoress
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண் துறவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अन्त्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalnızlığı seven kadın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anacoreta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pustelnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

затворница
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anchoress
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

anchoress
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Anchoress
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anchoress
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anchoress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anchoress

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCHORESS»

The term «anchoress» is regularly used and occupies the 106.606 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCHORESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anchoress

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANCHORESS»

Discover the use of anchoress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anchoress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nazarena: An American Anchoress
Details the life and correspondence of this Connecticut-born anchoress who, spurred on by a vision of Jesus, lived most of her days in the silence and seclusion of a Camaldolese monastery for women in Rome.
Thomas Matus, 1998
2
Anchoress and Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony: The Lives of ...
In the growing field of early medieval texts in translation, this book presents the first full English translations of the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen, the first anchoress in Saxony, and Hathumoda, the first abbess of Gandersheim.
Frederick S. Paxton, 2009
3
Anchoress of Shere
Above all, this is a gripping adventure story of a love so obsessive that it spans more than 600 years.
Paul L Moorcraft, 2012
4
Anchoress: A Poem
This book will challenge the way we think about the boundaries between politics and passions, love and war.
Esta Spalding, 1997
5
Women, Reading, and Piety in Late Medieval England
5. Heterodoxy: Anchoress. Katherine. Manne. and. Abbess. Elizabeth. Throckmorton. Recent work on Lollardy has offered a full and often moving account of women's part in a religious resistance which was supported at every turn by book ...
Mary C. Erler, 2006
6
Julian of Norwich: Mystic and Theologian
Grace Jantzen has more than an academic interest in Julian's writings and sets out to integrate scholarly findings with contemporary spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc.
Grace Jantzen, 2000
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Julian of Norwich: Visionary Or Mystic?
2. The. anchoress. and. her. community. The introduction set out to demonstrate that attempts to categorize Julian as a mystic can de-emphasize important features of her religious life. The private tends to be emphasized over the communal, ...
Kevin Magill, 2006
8
Living Saints of the Thirteenth Century: The Lives of ...
This volume presents the Lives of three women of the thirteenth century, all written by contemporaries.
Anneke B. Mulder Bakker, 2011
9
Littell's Living Age
An anchoress may not gather to give away. She is not a housewife, but a church anchoress. If she ran spare any shreds for the poor, let her send them privately out of her dwelling. . . • . From the courtesy of an anchoress, and from her hirgcss,  ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1855
10
Anchoress
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anchoress is a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANCHORESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anchoress is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A new King's Lynn play on Margery Kemp
Illiterate, from the 'wrong' class, gender and town, a wife and mother rather than a nun or an anchoress, Margery's Lynn port worldliness ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
2
The Anchoress: Rude and Hateful Since 1958
Are there people in the world who just perpetually aggrieved? Who wake up in the morning, and chanting, “that's rude and hurtful!”? If my email ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
3
Litbits: Formula One star Mark Webber book signing in Belconnen …
July 23: Award-winning Canberra author Robyn Cadwallader discusses her novel, The Anchoress, a story set within the confines of a stone cell ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
CMC15 Recap: What happens when you mix Patheos writers and …
... that a number of my Patheos Catholic colleagues had won awards, and you can read more about it here on Elizabeth's blog, The Anchoress. «Patheos, Jun 15»
5
Litbits: Author Robyn Cadwallader to discuss The Anchoress novel …
July 23: Award-winning Canberra author Robyn Cadwallader discusses her novel, The Anchoress, a story set within the confines of a stone cell ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
6
Corrections: June 21, 2015
An illustration credit on June 7 with a review about “The Anchoress,” by Robyn Cadwallader, misstated the illustrator's surname. She is Loris ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
7
Bishop Tobin, You Can't Lead People by Bashing and Shaming Them.
For a comprehensive dust-up on this whole question, check out The Anchoress who, as usual, says it best, or, have a look at Jen Fitz who ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
8
The Father, And The Son, And . . . Bruce Jenner?
Whether, as the Anchoress brilliantly analyzed in her recent post A Nation of Suckers: Jenner, Kardashians and a Commodity of Gossip, ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
9
'The Anchoress,' by Robyn Cadwallader
Robyn Cadwallader, probably didn't have ISIS in mind when she sat down to write “The Anchoress,” her affecting novel about a teenage girl ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
10
Locked Away, 'Anchoress' Women Devote Their Lives To Church
The Anchoress is inspired by real-life medieval women who lived lives of devotion, locked away in village churches. NPR's Rachel Martin ... «NPR, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Anchoress [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anchoress>. Apr 2024 ».
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