eremite
noun
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
eremitish
-
a word derived from
eremite.
Example Sentences
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By the basin, under a small portico cut in the solid wall, sat a priest, old, bearded, wrinkled, cowled--never being more perfectly eremitish.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
