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her⋅mit⋅age

[hur-mi-tij or, for 3, er-mi-tahzh]
–noun
1. the habitation of a hermit.
2. any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway.
3. (initial capital letter) a palace in Leningrad built by Catherine II and now used as an art museum.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF. See hermit, -age
her·mit·age   (hûr'mĭ-tĭj)   
n.  
    1. The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
    2. A monastery or abbey.
  1. A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.
  2. The condition or way of life of a hermit.

[Middle English, from Old French hermitage, from heremite, hermit; see hermit.]
Her·mi·tage   (ěr'mĭ-täzh')   
n.  A rich, full-bodied, usually red wine produced in southeast France.

[After Tain l'Hermitage, a village of southeast France.]

Hermitage

Her"mit*age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. hermitage, ermitage, F. hermitage, ermitage. See Hermit.]

1. The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.

Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. --Shak.

2. [F. Vin de l'Hermitage.] A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Dr[^o]me.
Language Translation for : hermitage
Spanish: ermita,
German: die Einsiedelei,
Japanese: 隠者のすみか
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