Associations to the word «Anchoress»

Wiktionary

ANCHORESS, noun. A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
ANCHORESS, noun. (informal) an anchorwoman

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley