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hermits

  • plural
    of hermit.
    hermit
    noun
    a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.

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There are no desert hermits in our tradition, only moms and dads tending home fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

There, some chose to dwell in solitude as hermits while others chose to build monasteries and live as part of communities of the faithful.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Nature lovers aren’t all hermits, hermits aren’t necessarily survivalists, and survivalists don’t have to be terrorists, and they certainly aren’t all intellectuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

While nurses, doctors and other essential workers have become heroes, we have turned into hermits.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2020

Now and again the bridge people crept out of the library like hermits to watch the dancers, and then returned again.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier