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Recent Examples of anchoress
Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.
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Hervé Guibert, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Some of the spotlighted individuals, like St. Catherine of Siena and English anchoress Julian of Norwich, were celebrated in their day as visionaries, while others, including Kempe and Joan of Arc, were persecuted as heretics.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Hervé Guibert, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Some of the spotlighted individuals, like St. Catherine of Siena and English anchoress Julian of Norwich, were celebrated in their day as visionaries, while others, including Kempe and Joan of Arc, were persecuted as heretics.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anchoress
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In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
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Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
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That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
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Another nun, Sister Alessandra Smerilli, is the No. 2 in the Vatican development office while several women have been appointed to under-secretary positions, including French nun Nathalie Becquart, in the synod of bishops’ office.Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Fire, as the title suggests, provides a central motif of the book and a parable about the precariousness of existence: While the monks struggle to keep the flame of passion alive within, wildfires from without threaten to engulf them and destroy everything.Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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The most famous ones don’t even exist, since they are studiously destroyed as soon as the monks finish making them from sand.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Buddhist organizations, whose members are also known to skew older, have been trying to connect with younger people by updating the image of monastics, usually known for their no-nonsense asceticism.Koh Ewe, TIME, 13 May 2024
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Over the past 2,000 years, Buddhist teachings have encountered distortions and alterations due to mistranslation and misinterpretation of Buddha-dharma by Buddhist patriarchs, eminent monastics, and Buddhist scholars.Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
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She will be expected to support communities including monks, nuns, and friars who live according to specific spiritual rules such as Benedictines and Franciscans.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the case of poinsettia, Franciscan friars during the 17th century co-opted its use to decorate nativity scenes and altars, as well as to convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity.Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made by History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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Entering the retail space as novices forced these bottle shop owners to face a steep learning curve.Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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Only novices believe that a system will work flawlessly.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith.Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
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Many remember the Cultural Revolution as a time of Red Guard excess—of the people terrorizing the votaries of the party.Mary Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
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“Anchoress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anchoress. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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