eremite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
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
Presently, the eremite pointed to where Yoomy was standing; and waved his hand upward; when Mohi informed the minstrel, that it was St. Stylites' pleasure, that he should pay him a visit.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
For does not the eremite through his art of prayer and devotion, seek an ideal?
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
I had unearthed my game at last and discovered my eremite in his mystic seclusion.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
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 E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
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