eremite

  • 11Eremite — A hermit. [< Lat. eremita = hermit] …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 12eremite — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. solitary, recluse, anchorite; see hermit …

    English dictionary for students

  • 13Eremite — (In Greek, hermit, derived from eremia, meaning solitude, and eremos, meaning desert. ) A hermit who has withdrawn to some solitary place as an anchorite (q.v.) to practice rigorous asceticism (q.v.), in contrast to the communal monasticism… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 14eremite — hermit; religious recluse Ecclesiastical Terms …

    Phrontistery dictionary

  • 15eremite — er·e·mite || erɪmaɪt n. hermit, recluse, one who lives away from other people …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 16eremite — n. (Poetical.) Hermit, anchoret, anchorite, solitaire, recluse …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 17eremite — n 1. anchorite, anchoret, hermit, recluse, solitary, Islam. marabout, Islam. santon, Obs. beadsman; nun, anchoress, ancress, hermitess, Obs. hermi tress; troglodyte, cave dweller, incluse; stylite, pillarist, pillar saint; ascetic, celibate, monk …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 18eremite — er·e·mite …

    English syllables

  • 19eremite — er•e•mite [[t]ˈɛr əˌmaɪt[/t]] n. a hermit or recluse, esp. one under a religious vow • Etymology: 1150–1200; ME < LL erēmīta hermit er e•mit′ic ˈmɪt ɪk er e•mit′i•cal, er′e•mit ish, adj. er′e•mit ism, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20eremite — /ˈɛrəmaɪt/ (say eruhmuyt) noun a religious solitary; a hermit. {Middle English, from Late Latin erēmīta, from Greek erēmītēs hermit} –eremitic /ɛrəˈmɪtɪk/ (say eruh mitik), eremitical /ɛrəˈmɪtɪkəl/ (say eruh mitikuhl), eremitish /ˈɛrəˌmaɪtɪʃ/… …

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