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Hermitage

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Her·mi·tage  (rm-täzh)
n.
A rich, full-bodied, usually red wine produced in southeast France.

[After Tain l'Hermitage, a village of southeast France.]

her·mit·age  (hûrm-tj)
n.
1.
a. The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
b. A monastery or abbey.
2. A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.
3. The condition or way of life of a hermit.

[Middle English, from Old French hermitage, from heremite, hermit; see hermit.]

hermitage [ˈhɜːmɪtɪdʒ]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the abode of a hermit
2. any place where a person may live in seclusion; retreat

Hermitage1
n
(Placenames / Named Buildings) the. an art museum in Leningrad, originally a palace built by Catherine the Great

Hermitage2
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a full-bodied red or white wine from the Rhône valley at Tain-l'Ermitage, in SE France
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hermitage - the abode of a hermit
dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

hermitage
noun retreat, refuge, sanctuary, haven, shelter, asylum, hideaway, hideout the ancient church where the saint had his hermitage
Translations
hermitage [ˈhɜːmɪtɪdʒ] Nermita f
hermitage
n (lit, fig)Einsiedelei f, → Klause f


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The Hermitage stood in Fir-tree Grove--the way Hetty was sure to come in walking from the Hall Farm.
For different reasons this was an agreeable proposition to them all, and it was therefore agreed that each should leave a very exact address and that upon the request of any of the associates a meeting should be convoked at a famous eating house in the Rue de la Monnaie, of the sign of the Hermitage.
At the Hermitage we were about fifteen or eighteen hundred feet above the sea, and thus far a portion of the ascent had been pretty abrupt.
 
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