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hermitage

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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 of hermitage

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

Words Related to hermitage

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 of hermitage

abbey, cloister, friary, monastery, priory

Words Related to hermitage

convent, nunnery

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