Anachoret

n. [Lat. anachoreta, Gr. ἀναχωρητής, from ἀναχωρεῖν, to go back, retire, from ἀνά, up, back, and χωρεῖν, to give place, to retire; χώρας, place; Fr. anachorète, Pr. anachorita. Written by some authors anachoret.] One who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world, and devote himself to religious duties; a hermit; a recluse.

Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.