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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

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

“Seven Steeples” is an account of hermitage, of Bell and Sigh, a young couple hiding in a dilapidated, wind-struck house on the Irish coast.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

Its artefacts and antiquities consultant Nigel Mills suggested the cross could have been connected with the medieval hermitage and chapel at Throckenholt, which is within the Sutton St Edmund parish.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2022

For it was in this pool that the Hermit looked when he wanted to know what was going on in the world outside the green walls of his hermitage.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

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

Reclusion had a long religious history in China, with Buddhist and Daoist monks and priests establishing hermitages, houses of contemplation, in remote sites.

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

It suffices to indicate the great number of cathedrals, churches, hermitages, monasteries, convents, cloisters, and episcopal palaces to be convinced of the Church's influence on the country and on the purses of the inhabitants.

From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Charles Rudy




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