- a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
- shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
- characterized by seclusion; solitary.
- a person who lives in seclusion
- a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress
- solitary; retiring
