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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.
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Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitages
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Sources say that Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the cartel boss known as ‘El Mencho,’ was holding a party the night a Mexican special forces unit stormed one of his hideouts.—
Steve Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Islamabad, at the time, conducted strikes deep inside Afghanistan to target militant hideouts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Hailing from Theravada Buddhist monasteries across the globe, the 19 monks began their 2,300 mile (3,700 kilometer) trek at the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth.—
Deepa Bharath,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Matcha soon spread through Zen monasteries, where it was believed to generate greater enlightenment than long hours of meditation.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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The bird, an eastern screech owl, is nocturnal and typically nests in tree cavities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Top floors of beloved hotel towers had been transformed into sniper nests.—
Yousra Elbagir,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Hermitages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitages. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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