eremitism
əˌmaɪt noun
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
Related forms
er·e·mit·ism, noun
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| Compare coenobite a Christian hermit or recluse | |
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Eremitism
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| eremite (ˈɛrɪˌmaɪt) | |
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| Compare coenobite a Christian hermit or recluse | |
| [C13: see | |
| eremitic | |
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| ere'mitical | |
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| eremitism | |
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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.
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