Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of eremitical.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.

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  • adjective Alternative form of hermitical.

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Examples

  • Bishop in 964 [121] "The abode of such anchorites was (adds Dr. Reeves) called in Irish a 'desert' (Dysart), from the Latin _desertum_; and as the heremitical life was held in such honour among the Scotic Churches, we frequently find this word 'desert' an element in religious nomenclature.

    Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 James Young Simpson 1840

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