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
I had unearthed my game at last and discovered my eremite in his mystic seclusion.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
When the hermit was swept away, into his place as counsellor of the troubled stepped the witch, and to her those had recourse who had previously sought the eremite.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
The order of scholars has ceased to be mendicant, vagabond, and eremite.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
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
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