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- noun Plural form of
hermitess .
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Theatine Nuns, a religious congregation of women -- oblates and hermitesses -- existing in Naples and Sicily, founded under the name of Sisters of the immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, by
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Yes, yes, answered Xenomanes; you may find there many goodly hypocritesses, jolly spiritual actresses, kind hermitesses, women that have a plaguy deal of religion; then there's the copies of 'em, little hypocritillons, sham sanctitos, and hermitillons.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Yes, yes, answered Xenomanes; you may find there many goodly hypocritesses, jolly spiritual actresses, kind hermitesses, women that have a plaguy deal of religion; then there’s the copies of ‘em, little hypocritillons, sham sanctitos, and hermitillons.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Yes, yes, answered Xenomanes; you may find there many goodly hypocritesses, jolly spiritual actresses, kind hermitesses, women that have a plaguy deal of religion; then there’s the copies of ‘em, little hypocritillons, sham sanctitos, and hermitillons.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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