Eremite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A recluse or hermit, especially a religious recluse.
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  • n. A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hermit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who lives in a wilderness or in retirement; a hermit.
  • n. Specifically In church hist., in the earlier period, a Christian who, to escape persecution, fled to a solitary place, and there led a life of contemplation and asceticism.
  • n. Synonyms See anchoret.
  • Eremitic.
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  • n. a Christian recluse
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    religious   
    Hyponym
    anchorite    hermit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hermit   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anchoret    contemplator    anchorite    akoontala    recluse    śakoontalá    grum    damnonian    Brahmin    tsetse   
     
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