eremite

Example Sentences

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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

As for endeavoring to force his way out, it was alarming to think of; for aught he knew, the eremite, availing himself of the gloom, might be bristling all over with javelin points.

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

Man is no cave-bound eremite, But still an eager spy on Chance.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold

Knowledge is no longer a lonely eremite, affording a chance and captivating hospitality to some wandering pilgrim; knowledge is now found in the market-place, a citizen, and a leader of citizens.

From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)

The seclusion was individual—the man was an eremite.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris