MEANING
A secluded dwelling or retreat associated with a hermit.
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Religious withdrawal, estate follies, deliberate solitude.Make seclusion culturally meaningful rather than merely distant.
Words that belong together
- woodland hermitage
- ruined hermitage
- retire to a hermitage
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A hermitage stood beyond the estate's ornamental lake.
The old priest withdrew to a hermitage above the village.
Visitors admired the hermitage without realizing it had once been inhabited.
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- Base
- hermitage
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. May be a religious retreat or an estate ornament imitating one; not every remote cottage qualifies. Hermitage describes the dwelling, not the hermit’s personal disposition. Plural hermitages.
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