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View synonyms for hermitage

hermitage

[ hur-mi-tij er-mi-tahzh ]

noun

  1. the habitation of a hermit.
  2. any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway.
  3. (initial capital letter) a palace in Leningrad built by Catherine II and now used as an art museum.


Hermitage

1

/ ˈhɜːmɪtɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the Hermitage
    an art museum in St Petersburg, originally a palace built by Catherine the Great
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


hermitage

2

/ ˈhɜːmɪtɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the abode of a hermit
  2. any place where a person may live in seclusion; retreat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Hermitage

3

/ ˈhɜːmɪtɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a full-bodied red or white wine from the Rhône valley at Tain-l'Ermitage, in SE France
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hermitage1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French; hermit, eremite, -age
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Example Sentences

This doesn’t mean total hermitage at a time when the economy is desperately in need of participation.

From Time

Then Gilkes immersed himself in the Old Masters at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

What were the terms of the loan—did the Hermitage pay and if not, why not?

And let us be sure, also, that the Picasso goes back to the Hermitage Museum.

About a mile from the community of Solothurn, the Verena Gorge Hermitage is known to have existed since 1613.

Next to them is the hermitage, a small garden and cottage built into the cave wall.

Buried, no doubt, in some garret hermitage or studio, they emerge thus weekly to greet silently the passing world.

Near the town is a curious ancient hermitage cave, in the sandstone.

About three hundred feet above the monastery is the old Hermitage—the Celle—now an hotel.

For a time he retired to a hermitage on a headland by Arcachon, where miracles were quickly ascribed to him.

Another tradition is, that a subterraneous passage once led from the hermitage to the priory, near the site of the present church.

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