Look up: Hermit

1. hermit
   [n] - one who lives in solitude
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2. hermit
   Person living in seclusion, generally practising asceticism for religious reasons. The Christian monastic movement developed as a way of organizing into communities the ascetic hermits living in the...
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3. Hermit
   A person who separates himself or herself from the outside world to concentrate on religion, usually of the Medieval period. Several saints in the northeast have been hermits - these include Saint Cuthbert and Saint Godric. Hermits chose places to test themselves - such as rocky islands or marshy h...
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4. Hermit
   Her'mit noun [ Middle English ermite , eremite , heremit , heremite , French hermite , ermite , Latin eremita , Greek ..., from ... lonely, solitary. Confer Eremite .] 1. A person who r...
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5. Hermit
   Her'mit noun (Cookery) A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and nuts.
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6. hermit
   1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. ... 2. <zoology> Hermit crab, a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black str...
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7. Hermit
   • (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. • (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. • (n.) A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and nuts.
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8. hermit
   one who retires from society, primarily for religious reasons, and lives in solitude. In Christianity the word (from Greek ermits, `living in the ... [5 related articles]
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9. hermit
   any of several hummingbird species of the genus Phaethornis. See hummingbird.[1 related articles]
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10. hermit
    
    • one retired from society for religious reasons
    • one who lives in solitude
    
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11. hermit
    hermit [Gr.,=desert], one who lives in solitude, especially from ascetic motives. Hermits are known in many cultures. Permanent solitude was common in ancient Christian asceticism; St. Anthony of Egypt and St. Simeon Stylites were noted hermits. Many extreme Franciscans (Spirituals) of the 13th and ...
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12. hermit
    Person living in seclusion, generally practising asceticism for religious reasons. The Christian monastic movement developed as a way of organizing into communities the ascetic hermits living in the deserts of Egypt and the Middle East
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13. Hermit
    A `hermit` is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society. In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament (i.e., the forty years wandering in the desert, --> ...
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14. Hermit
    (hummingbird) The `hermits` are tropical and subtropical hummingbirds in the subfamily Phaethornithinae, comprising 30–40 species in six genera. They occur from southern Mexico, through Central America, to South America as far south as northern Argentina. Their plumage typically...
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15. Hermit
    (album)