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hermitage

[hur-mi-tij, er-mi-tahzh] / ˈhɜr mɪ tɪdʒ, ˌɛr mɪˈtɑʒ /
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The manuscript opens with the life of Giovanni of Florence, who built the Augustinian hermitage of Santa Lucia in Larniano with help from local farmers.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2026

Unless somebody at Google HQ has just made a fix, Google Maps will tell you incorrectly that the hermitage and lodge are beyond the road closure.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2025

He continues to be struck by the emotional effect the island has on those who visit the monastery and hermitage.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2022

She came to Solas Bhride this year for a weeklong stay in its hermitage.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2022

This was not the crumbling hermitage where Hamlet and I used to meet Slowly the awareness came to me that I was in Mechtild’s cottage.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

They established hermitages and monasteries in traditionally pagan sites and occasionally suffered persecution by the local inhabitants.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Lizz Pickard of Colorado is staying at one of the hermitages at Solas Bride this week, the latest of several visits.

From Seattle Times Feb. 1, 2023

These served as hermitages for certain high-minded urban refugees and as vacation properties for others.

From New York Times Oct. 7, 2021

His companions were genuine lay brothers, able to lead him through the marshes and waterways to isolated hermitages and priories, where he would be able to plan his next moves.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2020

The hermitages, which resemble very much the dwellings of the Carthusians, consist of two or three bed-rooms, a parlor, a kitchen, and a small garden.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur




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