eremite

The film opens with a quote defining the word hermit, or eremite, as "a person who lives in seclusion from society."

The word hermit derives from the Greek term eremite, meaning 'of the desert'.

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

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

Like the eremites of old he had been scourged into the desert by remorse and another passion, but time had done its work.