Definition of hermitagenext
1
as in hideout
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 & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in monastery
a residence for men under religious vows monks in that hermitage take a vow of silence

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hermitage The excavation began in February 2025, in anticipation of future housing development near a modern-day hermitage, according to a statement from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP). Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025 The Abbey of Saint Gall, originally a hermitage south of Lake Constance, was founded by one of his companions, Saint Gall (or Gallus). Bernd Roeck june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025 The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too. Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025 Color options include black, dreamy pink, tourmaline, buttercup yellow, hermitage, and latte white. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for hermitage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitage
Noun
  • At the time of writing, the clip of her hamster’s great escape and hideout has been watched over 308,000 times.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The tour came in response to the Ecuadoran defense ministry's March 25 statement that his property wasn't a dairy farm, as had been reported, but a drug trafficking hideout, based on United States intelligence.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In 2018, police raided a monastery in Roquebrune-sur-Argens (the Provençal town near Saint-Tropez where his car was abandoned) after a witness reported seeing a man who resembled Ligonnès, but this again proved to be a dead end.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In 2017 alone, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for two bombings of churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday as well as the mass shooting of pilgrims traveling to a monastery in southern Egypt.
    Candace Lukasik, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And then there’s newcomer, a disruptor given the name Pumpkin (Lola Fung), who formerly worked at a pretzel shop and enters this lair with suspicion.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Both are one-night-in-hell slashers about two estranged sisters forced to fight their way out of a lair of rich people who’ve joined a devil cult and are hellbent on sacrificing them to their dark lord.
    Jada Yuan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Located just east of the Main Quad, Ida Noyes Hall is the home of Doc Films' Max Palevsky Cinema, the campus Pub for over-21 crowd, an array of offices and event spaces, and an architecturally striking staircase and cloister.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There are still 20 friars who live in the convent around the cloister carrying out their duties.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • January 20 – February 18 Your nest could potentially use a little feathering!
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In 2020, the nest was raided by an unpaired male, and only three of seven chicks survived.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Podcast

Cite this Entry

“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

More from Merriam-Webster on hermitage

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster