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hermitage

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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
Noun
1. the home of a hermit
2. any retreat
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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"
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The Hermitage stood in Fir-tree Grove--the way Hetty was sure to come in walking from the Hall Farm.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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