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单词 eremite
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Definition of eremite in English:

eremite

noun ˈɛrɪmʌɪtˈɛrəˌmaɪt
  • A Christian hermit or recluse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sheer volume of women involved makes Russell look like a Christian eremite from the days of the Desert Fathers.
    • A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone (also called an ‘eremite’ or ‘hermit’).
    • It is a romantic faith, and he observed it with the discipline of an eremite monk.
    • He lived in the 10th and 11th centuries as an eremite monk near the Sazava River.
    Synonyms
    hermit, recluse, solitary, ascetic, cenobite
    historical anchorite, anchoress, stylite
    rare solitudinarian

Derivatives

  • eremitic

  • adjective ɛrɪˈmɪtɪkˌɛrəˈmɪdɪk
    • On the other they meet Paul the Hermit, the traditional founder of the eremitic life.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To try and liven up the downcast mood, some of my fellow-tourists start reminiscing about more productive quests for an appointment with our eremitic host.
      • While the saint's dress denotes the eremitic character of the order of friars at S. Andrea, a remarkable and unexampled feature is the fiery red halo shining around Augustine's head.
      • In the words of a leading twentieth-century Athonite monk, Fr Theoklitos of Dionysiou, ‘it is the eremitic life that constitutes the primary form of monasticism in the East.’
      • Vasari's portrait of the aged Piero as eremitic and antisocial has influenced the way scholars have read the few available documents.
  • eremitical

  • adjective ɛrɪˈmɪtɪk(ə)lˌɛrəˈmɪdək(ə)l
    • In time, the eremitical ideal diminished, and wandering gave way to a settled, monastic way of life.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Obviously, other Celtic tales incorporate the same division, and one has to ask whether the eremitical movement is really separable from this myth of withdrawal into innocence.
      • The best I could find was Raven's Bread - ‘a quarterly newsletter for hermits and those interested in the eremitical life.’
      • These new orders were all influenced by the eremitical tradition: many indeed emerged from communities of hermits.
      • When Romanus withdraws into the rugged mountains and takes up life under a pine tree next to a spring, for instance, we see the adaptation of Eastern eremitical forms to the Gallican geographical context.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French eremite from late Latin eremita (see hermit).

 
 

Definition of eremite in US English:

eremite

nounˈerəˌmītˈɛrəˌmaɪt
  • A Christian hermit or recluse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone (also called an ‘eremite’ or ‘hermit’).
    • It is a romantic faith, and he observed it with the discipline of an eremite monk.
    • The sheer volume of women involved makes Russell look like a Christian eremite from the days of the Desert Fathers.
    • He lived in the 10th and 11th centuries as an eremite monk near the Sazava River.
    Synonyms
    hermit, recluse, solitary, ascetic, cenobite

Origin

Middle English: from Old French eremite from late Latin eremita (see hermit).

 
 
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