Heremite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hermit; an eremite. obsolete

    "Next morn the bishops twain, the heremite, / And all the clerks and priests of less estate, // Did in the middest of the camp unite / Within a place for prayer consecrate."

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anchoriteanchoriteeremitereclusereclusesolitary

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"Next morn the bishops twain, the heremite, / And all the clerks and priests of less estate, // Did in the middest of the camp unite / Within a place for prayer consecrate."

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