| 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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