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
Knowledge is no longer a lonely eremite, affording a chance and captivating hospitality to some wandering pilgrim; knowledge is now found in the market-place, a citizen, and a leader of citizens.
From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)
There the eremite Serapion in a cave had made his bed; There the faithful bands of pilgrims sought his blessing, brought him bread.
From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry
But the many questionable pages on this curious subject of the eremite, what are we to do with them?
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Given to the Monastery “Deiparae Hieracis” by the eremite monk Meletius.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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