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
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 Henry Charles Lea
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 E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
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 Saint John of Damascus
Oft didst thou thread the woods in vain To find what bird had piped the strain:— Seek not, and the little eremite Flies gayly forth and sings in sight.
From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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