eremite

Example Sentences

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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

There the eremite Serapion in a cave had made his bed; There the faithful bands of pilgrims sought his blessing, brought him bread.

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry

When she spoke of her green garden, where June had healed the hearts of many young women, she seemed like an eremite in whose consolation was absolute peace.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

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