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
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
When Iyer’s wife accompanies him on a visit to the hermitage, the monks greet her warmly.
—
Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site
Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
—Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hermitage
Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
Aflame, by Pico Iyer Travel writer and spiritual thinker Pico Iyer has spent time at a Benedictine hermitage in California, a seemingly idyllic setting.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site
Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
—Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hermitage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitage
Noun
-
Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
-
When Joe secures an isolated, off-the-grid lake house as their temporary hideout, Bronte realizes time is running out.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The Vatican has denied that Prevost permitted Ray to live at the monastery.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
-
In 2015, David and his wife made Texas their primary residence after retiring from their jobs at a Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, N.Y., where David was executive director for three years.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor is an evil mad scientist with plans for destruction and domination, armed with Kryptonite and a subterranean lair shared.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
-
Uth Duna, an eel-like leviathan, hits like a truck and moves erratically within its watery lair.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The latter was particularly restorative, as was the Negroni No. 2 at Le Bar, in the cloister, which adds beets and strawberries to the classic recipe.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
-
When the breeze flows through the cloisters, the kites float, showing off their gravity-defying nature.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Across the coasts of our region, both Atlantic and Gulf, sea turtles make their nests and hatchlings make their way back to the ocean.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
-
The nests were counted by an army of volunteers, park staff, local councils, land managers and contractors who conducted 5,000 observations this season, officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share