1) Anchoret 2) Anchorite 3) Ancient ascetic 4) Ascetic 5) Benedictine 6) Cave dweller 7) Christian recluse 8) Early monastic 9) Faithful recluse 10) Hermit 11) His creed is all he needs 12) Holy hermit 13) Loner by choice 14) Monk 15) Recluse 16) Reclusive type 17) Religious 18) Religious hermit 19) Religious loner 1) Anchorite 2) Hermit 3) Loner 
hermit; religious recluse
• (n.) A hermit.
A religious hermit. Eremites are stock character in vitae and in chivalric romances. See discussion
Er'e·mite noun [ See Hermit .] A hermit. « Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite .» Keats. 
[n] - a Christian recluse
eremite, eremitic, eremitical, eremitish Someone who lives in solitude, especially for religious reasons.
noun a Christian recluse
a hermit or recluse, esp. one under a religious vow.