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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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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