 eremitical |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life | |
| Synonyms: | solitary lone eremitic | |
| Examples: | "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony" "a lone wolf" "a man of a solitary disposition" |
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| Related terms: | unsocial | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] characterized by ascetic solitude | |
| Synonyms: | eremitic hermitic hermitical anchoritic | |
| Examples: | "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony" "his hermitic existence" |
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| Related terms: | unworldly | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living | |
| Synonyms: | hermitic eremitic | |
| Examples: | "eremitic austerities" |
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| Related terms: | cenobitic eremite eremite | |
| Similar spelling: |
eremitic eremitism eremite |
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