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hermitage

[hur-mi-tij, er-mi-tahzh] / ˈhɜr mɪ tɪdʒ, ˌɛr mɪˈtɑʒ /
NOUN
hideaway
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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

The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2024

An L.A. artist whose work I want in every room of my home: My decor is very simple and minimal because I like my home to feel like a hermitage.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2023

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

His first night in the hermitage was, deliberately, a sleepless one.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

These ascetics attracted followers, and as a result monasteries and hermitages flourished in less hospitable areas.

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

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

In 1925, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey’s first president, closed all the orders and hermitages as part of his secularization policies.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2019

Her pilgrimage through the Syrian and Egyptian hermitages, 120 Milesians, wine forbidden by the, to women, i.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky




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