eremite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- eremitic adjective
- eremitical adjective
- eremitish adjective
- eremitism noun
Etymology
Origin of eremite
1150–1200; Middle English < Late Latin erēmīta hermit
Example Sentences
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Most scrupulous of painters, he lived like an eremite, relentlessly purged his optic sense of all illusion, all imaginative invention.
From Time Magazine Archive
The seclusion was individual—the man was an eremite.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
I got it, my lady, from a learned Egyptian doctor, who took it from an eremite of Arabia Felix.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
Around the cell of some eremite like Anthony, who fixed his retreat on Mount Colzim, a number of humble imitators gathered, emulous of his austerities and of his piety.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
He had been one of the demons who tempted St. Anthony, and retailed anecdotes of that eremite which Euschemon had never heard mentioned in Paradise.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard
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