eremite

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Most scrupulous of painters, he lived like an eremite, relentlessly purged his optic sense of all illusion, all imaginative invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for Henrietta she had long ago earned from her husband's friends the name of the "little nun," the "little eremite" because nothing could entice her from her seclusion.

From The Poor Plutocrats by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

What eremite dwelleth here, like St. Stylites at the top of his column?—a question which Mohi seemed all eagerness to have answered.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

But the many questionable pages on this curious subject of the eremite, what are we to do with them?

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

When the hermit was swept away, into his place as counsellor of the troubled stepped the witch, and to her those had recourse who had previously sought the eremite.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)