ðɪs lˈæst ɹˈæŋk wʌz dᵻvˈaɪdᵻd ˌɪntʊ ðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ: kˌoʊɪnˈɑːbaɪts, hˌuː spˈɛnt ðə dˈeɪ ɹᵻsˈaɪɾɪŋ ðɛɹ ˈɑːfɪsᵻz, fɹʌm mˈɪdnaɪt tə sˈʌnsɛt; ˈæŋkɚɹˌaɪts, hˌuː lˈɛft ðə kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi tə lˈɪv ɐlˈoʊn, ˈoʊnli ɡˌoʊɪŋ aʊtsˈaɪd ˌɔn sˈʌndeɪz ænd hˈɑːlɪdˌeɪz tə pɚfˈɔːɹm dɪvˈoʊʃənz æt mˈɑːnɐstɚɹiz; ænd ɹˈɛkluːsᵻz, hˌuː lˈɪvd ɐlˈoʊn ɪn ɡɹˈɑːɾoʊz ænd kˈævɚnz, ɔnðə mˈaʊntɪnz, ænd sɚvˈaɪvd ˌɔn ˈɑːmz fˈɜːnɪʃt tə ðˌɛm baɪ ðə mˈɑːnɐstɚɹiz.
This last rank was divided into the following: Coenobites, who spent the day reciting their offices, from midnight to sunset; Anchorites, who left the community to live alone, only going outside on Sundays and holidays to perform devotions at monasteries; and Recluses, who lived alone in grottos and caverns, on the mountains, and survived on alms furnished to them by the monasteries.