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Meaning of anachoresis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The transportation of foreign bodies via blood or lymph and subsequent collection at a site of inflammation.
  2. Retreat from the world into a solitary life.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά αναχωρητισμός

Examples

“Anachoresis, or anachoretic pulpitis, is, therefore, a pulpitis of systemic origin.”
“The phenomenon of anachoresis has been demonstrated in animal models both to non-dental inflamed tissues and inflamed dental pulps.”
“It has been claimed that microorganisms can reach the pulp by anachoresis.”
“It's possible to have a contemporary version of (secular) anachoresis.”
“In this case though, anachoresis, departure from the world into the desert originally in Egypt and Palestine and later throughout Christendom, was a form of protest against the world, an expression of a radical craving of living in a more existentially authentic way the Christian spiritual values.”
“In the voice of Antony, for example, Cassian describes anachoresis as leading to a more sublime perfection than is available to those living within a community.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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