What does anchorhold mean?
Anchorhold means The residence of an anchorite or anchoress..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress..
Every anchorhold was built close to a church, so as to allow its occupant the privilege of seeing the performance of mass, and of receiving the consecrated wafer, […]
The Port is very commodious, being one of the largeſt in all theſe Seas , and there is very good Anchorhold all over the Bay
[…] a great tempest arose, which caused many of our ships to drive from their anchorhold, […]
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Anchorhold means The residence of an anchorite or anchoress..
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Every anchorhold was built close to a church, so as to allow its occupant the privilege of seeing the performance of mass, and of receiving the consecrated wafer, […]
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