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

But if we fail to take Barlaam, I know of an eremite, Nachor by name, in every way like unto him: it is impossible to distinguish the one from the other.

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint

An intention which the eremite must have anticipated; for of a sudden, something was slid over the opening; and the apparition seating itself thereupon, the twain were in darkness complete.

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

Knowledge is no longer a lonely eremite, affording a chance and captivating hospitality to some wandering pilgrim; knowledge is now found in the market-place, a citizen, and a leader of citizens.

From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)

The order of scholars has ceased to be mendicant, vagabond, and eremite.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various