"Anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; adj. anchoritic; from Ancient Greek: \u1F00\u03BD\u03B1\u03C7\u03C9\u03C1\u03B7\u03C4\u03AE\u03C2, anach\u014Dr\u0113t\u1E17s, \"one who has retired from the world\", from the verb \u1F00\u03BD\u03B1\u03C7\u03C9\u03C1\u03AD\u03C9, anach\u014Dr\u00E9\u014D, signifying \"to withdraw\", \"to retire\") denotes someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and\u2014circumstances permitting\u2014Eucharist-focused life."@en . . .