Hermitism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The habits of a hermit, living alone and in isolation. uncountable
"We have not to examine into the earliest practice of ascetic life and hermitism; the gathering together of secluded societies of celibates and virgins; the superstitious veneration of the relics of holy men […]"
Example
More examples"We have not to examine into the earliest practice of ascetic life and hermitism; the gathering together of secluded societies of celibates and virgins; the superstitious veneration of the relics of holy men […]"
Etymology
From hermit + -ism.