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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road
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Recent Examples of hermitage
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
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Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Neither Stukeley’s hermitage nor Queen Caroline’s boasted a hermit-in-residence.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 July 2023
According to Campbell, garden hermitages originated in southern Europe, likely during the Italian Renaissance.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
While medieval hermitages were used chiefly for religious purposes, English garden hermitages were decorative (a type of architecture known as garden follies), incorporating natural elements like tree roots or drawing inspiration from rustic, pastoral designs.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
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Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Neither Stukeley’s hermitage nor Queen Caroline’s boasted a hermit-in-residence.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 July 2023
According to Campbell, garden hermitages originated in southern Europe, likely during the Italian Renaissance.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
While medieval hermitages were used chiefly for religious purposes, English garden hermitages were decorative (a type of architecture known as garden follies), incorporating natural elements like tree roots or drawing inspiration from rustic, pastoral designs.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermitage
Noun
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Fun fact: Lazlo's steam tunnel hideout, accessible through Mitch's closet, is an elaborate homage to Leonardo da Vinci.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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From $163 per night. BOOK NOW Perks: Patio, on-site washer and dryer, sound system, crib, Wi-Fi Quetzalcoatl’s Nest isn’t the hideout of the eponymous Aztec god, but a jaw-dropping complex of apartments in a private park 15 miles outside Mexico City.—
Tim Nelson,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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It was also felt in neighboring countries, including Thailand. March 28, 2025 At a Buddhist monastery in Pindaya, about 70 miles from the epicenter, women wailed as the spire atop a century-old golden dome called a stupa toppled over, one of several that were damaged there.—
Sui-Lee Wee,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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More recently, Episode 4 ended with Muse lugging a man into a gruesome lair of sorts, to extract an unhealthy amount of blood from a femoral artery.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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The store straddles a mood between Californian cool and British rock-star lair, with eyewear displayed amid vintage books and charming trinkets, like a ceramic cigar-smoking Winston Churchill.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
17 Mar. 2025
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The wide open space of the glorious Sistine Chapel, wonderful ornate cloisters and marble staircases needed a flip side to them.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Nov. 2024
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The two adult falcons using the nest box have been identified by the Midwest Peregrine Society as the same pair who used it last year, a 12-year-old female and a 16-year-old male.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
1 Apr. 2025
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The nest overlooks Big Bear Lake, which is about a 95-mile drive northeast from Los Angeles.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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