eremite

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Most scrupulous of painters, he lived like an eremite, relentlessly purged his optic sense of all illusion, all imaginative invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if we fail to take Barlaam, I know of an eremite, Nachor by name, in every way like unto him: it is impossible to distinguish the one from the other.

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint

Friar Jordan, an Augustinian eremite, held a commission as inquisitor in both sections of Saxony.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

Presently, the eremite pointed to where Yoomy was standing; and waved his hand upward; when Mohi informed the minstrel, that it was St. Stylites' pleasure, that he should pay him a visit.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

When she spoke of her green garden, where June had healed the hearts of many young women, she seemed like an eremite in whose consolation was absolute peace.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton