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Eremite

A hermit.

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Anchorite 76% connected

One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.

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Hermit 76% connected

A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

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Religious 76% connected

Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religi…

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Eremitic 74% connected

Alt. of Eremitical

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Eremitic 74% connected

Alt. of Eremitical

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Eremitical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.

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Eremitical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.

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Cenobite 94% connected

One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

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Cenobite 94% connected

One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

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