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hermitage

'hә:mitidʒ4 senses · 70 ms
Level C2
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noun/ˈhɜːmɪtɪd͡ʒ//ˈhɜr.mə.tɪdʒ//ˈhɜːrmɪtɪdʒ/
  1. 1

    A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.

    • But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
  2. 2

    A place of seclusion.

    • Temptation is an obsequious servant that has no objection to the country, and we know that it takes up its lodging in hermitages as well as in cities; and that in the most remote and inaccessible desert it keeps company with the fugitive so
  3. 3

    A period of seclusion.

syn. retreat

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