Anchoress

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anchoress \An"cho*ress\, n.
     A female anchoret.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt.
                                                    --Wordsworth.


     [1913 Webster] Anchoret