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A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

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  1. n. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
  2. n. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
  3. n. one retired from society for religious reasons
  4. n. one who lives in solitude
  5. n:100 n. one who lives in solitude