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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

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

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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 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 See All Example Sentences for hermitage
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Noun
  • During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.
    Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • If this were true, Solomon would learn all of this elder’s secret hideouts and survival tricks, resulting in a formidable pair for any hunter to take on.
    Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Carved into Cappadocia’s moon-like terrain, this thousand-year-old monastery and historical village is now a boutique hotel.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Balenciaga was like a monk and never left his monastery.
    James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While plundering a dungeon lair and stealing artifacts from a museum both have heist elements to them, Skullduggery looks into the other intrigues of adventures in urban environments.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Another secret drinking lair within the Cosmopolitan, Ghost Donkey offers delicious drinks, pulsating Christmas lights and mirrors that give off infinity room vibes.
    Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Staged at the atmospheric Cloître Saint-Trophime–a 12th-century Romanesque cloister and UNESCO World Heritage Site–this exhibition is the winning project of the BMW ART MAKERS 2025 programme and marks the 15th year of BMW France’s cultural partnership with the festival.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Give yourself ample time to tour the 42-acre complex; besides the mausoleum, there is a mosque, a guest house, cloisters, courtyards, and vast gardens. 6.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Some of the birds stood still and silent on their nests, but most were in motion, hopping around on branches at the top of their silver maples, raising a general ruckus.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The team kept colonies of Iberian harvester ants in artificial nests in its lab.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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