anchorite

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This monastery was founded by St. Simon the Anchorite, of whose history I was unable to learn anything.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

Too long hast thou sat there, on crossed legs, wearing thy ankle-joints to horn; like some sacred Anchorite, or Catholic Fakir, doing penance, drawing down Heaven’s richest blessings, for a world that scoffed at thee.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

After Brian's death two learned men were set over the government of Ireland; a layman, the Chief Poet, and a devout man, the Anchorite of all Ireland.

From Irish Nationality by Green, Alice Stopford

Such produce shall the Time ripen in cavernous Marat, the man forbid; living in Paris cellars, lone as fanatic Anchorite in his Thebaid; say, as far-seen Simon on his Pillar,—taking peculiar views therefrom.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

These three years should be a time of sacred retirement and contemplation, as of Thebaid Anchorite, or Mahomet in his Arabian cave.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas