Thesaurus results for HERMITAGES

hermitages

noun

plural of hermitage

as in hideouts

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 monasteries

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

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Recent Examples of hermitages On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments. — Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

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Security forces carried out a ground operation along the border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.

— Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Pakistani security forces carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026

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Inside the labyrinthine monasteries, Irene finds not just a missing dad but the absurd rulebook of patriarchy itself.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
Many monasteries included a scriptorium, a dedicated writing room where books were meticulously copied by hand.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of monasteries

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Just over the bridge, on neighboring Paradise Island, check out the Augustinian cloisters at Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort.

— Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Several portraits in medallions high on the walls of the cloisters show decapitated Dominican Friars who worked as inquisitors with just a stump for a neck and their heads held in their hands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

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