noun
hermitage
HER-mit-ij/ˈhɜːrmɪtɪdʒ/
A secluded home or retreat for someone living alone.
The small stone hermitage stands alone in the rocky clearing.
Etymology
The “desert dweller” became the religious recluse whose home was a hermitage. The dwelling-place meaning later broadened to a solitary or secluded home, retaining the association with withdrawal from society.
In context
I took refuge in a Hermitage on the coast of Shadows I lived there in solitude giving myself up to prayer and meditation
More examples
- A narrow path led to the hermitage.
- She used the cabin as a quiet hermitage.
- The stone hermitage stood far from the village.
Forms
hermitage · hermitages