ADJECTIVE | pert | eremitic, eremitical | of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living |
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all | eremitic, anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical | characterized by ascetic solitude |
Meaning | Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living. | |
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Example | "eremitic austerities" | |
Synonym | eremitical | |
Opposite | cenobitic, coenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical | Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living |
Spanish | eremítico | |
Nouns | eremite | a Christian recluse |
Meaning | Characterized by ascetic solitude. | |
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Example | "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony" | |
Synonyms | anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical | |
Broader | unworldly | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations |
Spanish | anacorítico, eremitíco | |
Nouns | eremite | a Christian recluse |
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