anachoretic

Definition

Living in isolation.

Example Sentences

• "Both the anachoretic and the missionary spirit were strong in the family of Penda; the former chiefly among the women, the latter among the men of the house: nearly all his children and grandchildren died in the odour of sanctity."
• "No longer purely anachoretic or solitary, it begins, like the insect on the flower, to simulate the colour of that new social life from which it draws its own."
• "Anachoretic behaviour is of two different kinds, permanent and temporary."