eremite
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
Origin of eremite
1Other words from eremite
- er·e·mit·ic [er-uh-mit-ik], /ˌɛr əˈmɪt ɪk/, er·e·mit·i·cal, er·e·mit·ish [er-uh-mahy-tish], /ˈɛr əˌmaɪ tɪʃ/, adjective
- er·e·mit·ism, noun
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How to use eremite in a sentence
The service for blessing a hermit consisted of prayers and psalms and a gift of the eremitical habit.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesThe purely eremitical life tended to die out, but what took its place continued to be semi-eremitical.
English Monastic Life | Abbot GasquetIn the eremitical life, a simple handicraft was ordinarily coupled with the duty of spiritual contemplation.
The Philosophy of History, Vol. 2 of 2 | Friedrich von SchlegelThe cnobitical institution did not supersede the eremitical; both continued to flourish together in every country of Christendom.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages | Edward Lewes CuttsIt was an attempt to unite the eremitical and cenobitical modes of life.
British Dictionary definitions for eremite
/ (ˈɛrɪˌmaɪt) /
a Christian hermit or recluse: Compare coenobite
Origin of eremite
1Derived forms of eremite
- eremitic (ˌɛrɪˈmɪtɪk) or eremitical, adjective
- eremitism (ˈɛrɪmaɪˌtɪzəm), noun
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