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These ascetics attracted followers, and as a result monasteries and hermitages flourished in less hospitable areas.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Lizz Pickard of Colorado is staying at one of the hermitages at Solas Bride this week, the latest of several visits.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Reclusion had a long religious history in China, with Buddhist and Daoist monks and priests establishing hermitages, houses of contemplation, in remote sites.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

His companions were genuine lay brothers, able to lead him through the marshes and waterways to isolated hermitages and priories, where he would be able to plan his next moves.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2020

I am however persuaded that boys like ourselves could not have been rare in the hermitages of old.

From My Reminiscences by Hesh, Sasi Kumar