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hermitage

noun

ˈhər-mə-tij

Definition of hermitage

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 That is, until Nile moves in next door, disrupting Aggie’s upstate New York hermitage. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025 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 Color options include black, dreamy pink, tourmaline, buttercup yellow, hermitage, and latte white. — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for hermitage

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Mod Periscope The perfect tool to peek out of secret hideouts—and infinitely customizable!

— Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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Riya Tamang, 21, who fled with her 10-month-old baby as the floodwaters approached, is among those taking shelter at the monastery.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Their welcome dinner was held at the charming pink mansion, Casa Dos Penedos, while the wedding day was held around a monastery.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of monastery

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On its edge is the Romanesque church of Pieve di San Leolino, which features a 16th-century cloister and valley views.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
The town served as a Genoese naval outpost during the medieval rivalry with Pisa, and the hotel’s arched colonnades of the original cloister still stand atop rooms that face Palmaria Island or the Gulf itself.

— Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 July 2026

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Females typically lay 4 to 40 eggs, putting their nests under rocks or in logs or tree holes, usually between June and July.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Months before, a bullet had ended the life of his beloved Pebbles, who left behind a nest with eggs.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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