Plural of anchoret; multiple religious recluses living in seclusion for spiritual devotion.
The plural form of 'anchoret,' using the standard English plural '-s.' This term appears primarily in historical and religious texts describing communities of these solitary practitioners or the movement as a whole.
Historical accounts describe how anchorets were sometimes clustered near each other—they'd be in separate cells but part of a 'colony,' which is a fascinating paradox of community isolation that later influenced the development of formal monastic communities!
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