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hermitage

 
Dictionary: her·mit·age   (hûr'mĭ-tĭj) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
    2. A monastery or abbey.
  1. A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.
  2. The condition or way of life of a hermit.

[Middle English, from Old French hermitage, from heremite, hermit. See hermit.]


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Archaeology Dictionary: hermitage
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A settlement housing a religious individual or group seeking solitude and isolation. It generally includes a small chapel or oratory, one or more cells, and a domestic range. Larger examples are arranged around a courtyard or cloister. A hermitage is a kind of monastery, although its inmates led a more isolated and austere life. Some hermitages would serve just a single hermit, while other were occupied by a community of hermits—what Charles Thomas has called an ‘eremitic monastery’.

 
Word Tutor: hermitage
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IN BRIEF: n. - The abode of a loner.

Tutor's tip: After 20 years, the recluse emerged from his "hermitage" (a monastery where a hermit lives) to claim a sizeable "heritage" (what you inherit or possess by reason of birth).

 
Wikipedia: Hermitage
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Hermitage may refer to the following:

Places

In Australia

In Canada

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In France
  • Hermitage AOC, a wine-growing appellation in northern Rhône on a hill with an old hermit's chapel
  • Crozes-Hermitage AOC, a wine-growing appellation in northern Rhône in the area surrounding the Hermitage hill
  • Crozes-Hermitage, a commune of the Drôme département
  • L'Hermitage, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in the Bretagne région
  • L'Hermitage-Lorge, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor département, in the Bretagne région
  • Tain-l'Hermitage, a town and commune of the Drôme department in southern France

In the Netherlands

In United Kingdom

In Russia

In the United States
Towns, neighborhoods, and rail station
Properties (by state)

Elsewhere

In fiction
  • The Hermitage, a location in the French animated television series Code Lyoko

People

Ships

  • USS Hermitage (AP-54), troop transport launched in 1925 as the Italian liner SS Conte Biancamano; interned, renamed, and commissioned in U.S. Navy, 1942; returned to Italy in 1947
  • USS Hermitage (LSD-34), Thomaston-class dock landing ship launched in 1956; transferred to Brazilian Navy as Ceará (C-30) in 1989

 
Translations: Hermitage
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - eremitage, eneboerhytte

Nederlands (Dutch)
kluizenaarshut, toevlucht, een franse wijn

Français (French)
n. - ermitage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einsiedelei, Hermitage (franz. Wein), Eremitage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ερημητήριο

Italiano (Italian)
eremo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - eremitério (m)

Русский (Russian)
уединенное жилище, приют отшельника

Español (Spanish)
n. - ermita

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - eremitboning, eremitage (byggn.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
偏僻的寺院

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 偏僻的寺院

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 암자, 은자의 생활, 은신처

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 隠者の住みか, 寂しい一軒屋, エルミタージュ美術館, エルミタージュ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صومعه, ملاذ, دير, تنسك, الهرميتيج تنبيذ فرنسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית-הנזיר, מגוריו של אדם מתבודד‬


 
 
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Crozes-Hermitage AC (wine-related term)

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