eremite
Americannoun
noun
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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
But if we fail to take Barlaam, I know of an eremite, Nachor by name, in every way like unto him: it is impossible to distinguish the one from the other.
From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint
"That is our secret, fair sportsman," answered Amaranthe; "but it seems you also live retired—an eremite forlorn."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
Ingram, we now admit that Poe was neither a drunkard, a debauchee, nor a cynical eremite.
From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold
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
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