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EREMITISM

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er⋅e⋅mite

  [er-uh-mahyt]
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–noun
a hermit or recluse, esp. one under a religious vow.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME < LL erēmīta hermit

Related forms:
er⋅e⋅mit⋅ic  [er-uh-mit-ik] , er⋅e⋅mit⋅i⋅cal, er⋅e⋅mit⋅ish  [er-uh-mahy-tish] , adjective
er⋅e⋅mit⋅ism, noun
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Word Origin & History

eremite 
c.1200, learned form of hermit (q.v.), from Church L. eremita. Since mid-17c. in poetic or rhetorical use only, except in ref. to specific examples in early Church history.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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