Obs. Also 7 ancorist; and see ANACHORIST. [f. ANCHOR sb.2 + -IST.] = ANCHORET, including ANCHORESS. Also attrib.
1651. Churchw. Acc. St. Marg. Westm. (1797), 60. The Anchorist house near the vestry.
1662. Fuller, Worthies, III. 193. A woman lately turn’d an Ancorist, and renowned for her holiness.
