[n. rek-loos, ri-kloos; adj. ri-kloos, rek-loos] 
| 1. | a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. |
| 2. | Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life. |
| 3. | shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons. |
| 4. | characterized by seclusion; solitary. |
| re·cluse (rěk'lōōs', rĭ-klōōs') n. A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude. adj. Withdrawn from the world; reclusive. [Middle English, from Old French reclus, from Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere, to shut up : re-, re- + claudere, to close.] |
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