1. 4 synonyms for Anchoritic: hermitic, hermitical, eremitic, eremitical

2. Anchoritic: 1 adj characterized by ascetic solitude Synonyms: eremitic , eremitical , hermitic , hermitical unworldly not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations

3. When there is question of a prolonged absence, the abbot, with the consent of his council and for a just cause, can permit a monk to live outside the monastery, but not for longer than a year, except for the treatment of illness, for study or, in extraordinary cases, to lead an eremitical life.

4. Thus we find throughout the whole of the ancient Christian East a universal cenobitic tradition, distinct from the eremitic tradition; cenobitism has its own raison d'être without further eremitical implications, and this due to the very reality of the fraternal communion which it incarnates and realizes. Seen in this light the abbatial function is necessary for fostering and preserving this communion.

5. Thus we find throughout the whole of the ancient Christian East a universal cenobitic tradition, distinct from the eremitic tradition; cenobitism has its own raison d'�tre without further eremitical implications, and this due to the very reality of the fraternal communion which it incarnates and realizes. Seen in this light the abbatial function is necessary for fostering and preserving this communion.