01 n. One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
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One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.“Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals.” — Boyle.