anachoretic
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3ADJ.
longer, solitary
ANACHORETIC + NOUN
behaviour, missionary
ADV.
purely
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adj
Living in isolation.
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.
Pertaining to anachoresis.
If a combination of micro-organisms is injected simultaneously, only one of the bacteria may be demonstrated in the anachoretic abscess.
Anachoresis, or anachoretic pulpitis, is, therefore, a pulpitis of systemic origin.
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3Both 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
WiktionaryNo 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.
WiktionaryAnachoretic behaviour is of two different kinds, permanent and temporary.
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