1) Eremites 1) Hermits by choice 2) Solitary sorts 
Recluses is the name given to men and women who, in pre-reformation times, left the world to live a life of prayer and contemplation, dwelling in a cell, usually attached to a church, sometimes with the precincts of a monastery. They were also called anchorites and anchoresses. The recluse was enclosed in the cell by the bishop, the entrance was br...