Word Meanings - ANCHORETISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

ANCHORET; ANCHORITE
One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
PRACTICER
1. One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South. 2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner. 3. One who uses art or stratagem. B. Jonson.
PRACTICED
1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton. 2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
PRACTICE
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. (more info) also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. Practical, and cf. Pratique, 1. Frequently repeated or customary action;
ANCHORETISM
The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
ANCHORETIC; ANCHORETICAL
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
ANCHORETISH
Hermitlike.
MALPRACTICE
Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
MISPRACTICE
Wrong practice.
MALEPRACTICE
See MALPRACTICE