eremitic.

Relating to a life of religious solitude or to hermits.

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Words that belong together

• an eremitic life
• an eremitic community
• eremitic practice

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The eremitic life described in the manuscript was harsher than the orderly cell suggested.

She traced the eremitic tradition through accounts written far from the hermits themselves.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Non-gradable relational adjective. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.