hermitage

hermitage

noun

Definition of HERMITAGE

1

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others <the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road>

Synonyms concealment, covert, den, hermitage, hideaway, hidey-hole (or hidy-hole), lair, nest

Related Words blind, cover, nook, recess; hangout, harbor, harborage, haunt, haven, redoubt, refuge, retreat, shelter

2

a residence for men under religious vows <monks in that hermitage take a vow of silence>

Synonyms abbey, cloister, friary, hermitage, priory

Related Words house; convent, nunnery; lamasery