| It is difficult to say exactly when the life of the anchorites and cenobites took on a definite character of obligation toward God and the Church. |
| Soon there were great numbers of desert anchorites, living solitary lives of devotion to God and coming together for weekly prayer services. |
| The probability is that it was built by some of those culdee anchorites of whom Dasent speaks as the first settlers of Iceland. |
| As early as the eighth century, culdee anchorites were accustomed to retire to Iceland from Scotland. |
| Neither are they grave monks nor anchorites nor pillared saints. |
| Often individual anchorites were attached to a cenobium, where they might return for communal worship. |
