Hermitage meaning

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A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.
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The condition or way of life of a hermit.
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The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
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A monastery or abbey.
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A rich, full-bodied, usually red wine produced in southeast France.
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The place where a hermit lives.
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A place where a person can live away from other people; secluded retreat.
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A full-bodied red or white wine from vineyards on the Rhone near Valence, France.
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Art museum in St. Petersburg, Russia: originally a palace.
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A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
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A place of seclusion.
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A period of seclusion.
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Origin of hermitage

Middle English from Old French hermitage from heremite hermit hermit

Sentence Examples

  • Finally, retiring to a hermitage, he ends his days in the odour of sanctity.

  • Near the town is a curious ancient hermitage cave, in the sandstone.

  • In Southgate is an ancient hermitage and oratory cut out of the solid rock, which dates from 1396.

  • At any rate, Rousseau quitted the Hermitage in the winter of 1757-58, and established himself at Montlouis in the neighbourhood.

  • Other kinds of repetition are Shelley's Witch of Atlas, 6 i i seq., "Like one asleep in a green hermitage, I With gentle sleep about its eyelids playing" (sleep for smiles has come from the previous line); Revolt of Islam, 4749, "Where" for "When" appears to have come from "Where" in 4750 or 4751.

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