Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
hermit , approximating eremite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A hermit.
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Examples
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King Alexander come in Sanct Colmes Inche; quhair he was constrainit, be violent tempest, to remane thre dayis, sustenand his life with skars fude, be ane heremit that dwelt in the said inche: in quhilk, he had ane litill chapell, dedicat in the honoure of Sanct Colme.
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 James Young Simpson 1840
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Alexander, becaus his life was saiffit be this heremit, biggit ane Abbay of Chanonis regular, in the honour of Sanct Colme; and dotat it with sindry landes and rentis, to sustene the abbot and convent thairof. "[
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 James Young Simpson 1840
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