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hermitage¹

  • /ˈhɜːmɪtɪd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /ˈhɜr.mə.tɪdʒ/ US
  • /ˈhɜːrmɪtɪdʒ/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English hermytage, ermitage, from Old French ermitage, hermitaige, from Latin erēmīta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “hermit”). By surface analysis, hermit + -age.

noun hermitages

  1. A house or dwelling where a hermit lives. But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
  2. A place of seclusion. Temptation is an obsequious servant that has no objection to the country, and we know that it takes up its lodging in hermitages as well as in cities; and that in the most remote and inaccessible desert it keeps company with the fugitive solitary.
  3. A period of seclusion.

Similar: retreat

Hermitage²

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5073).
  2. A small village and civil parish (served by High Stoy (Group) Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6407).
  3. A village in Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7505).
  4. A small village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY5095).
  5. A small city in Bradley County, Arkansas.
  6. A former settlement in Mendocino County, California.
  7. A former community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
  8. A small city, the county seat of Hickory County, Missouri.
  9. A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A neighbourhood of Nashville, Tennessee.
  11. A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
  12. A locality in Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.
  13. A town on Carriacou, Grenada.
  14. A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  15. A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.

noun

  1. uncountable A wine produced near Valence, Drôme. Here a real supper was elegantly served […] with choice wines, particularly white hermitage, which I never before had tasted.

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Similar: retreat

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noun dwelling place of hermit

Españolermita
中文隱居處 /隐居处 yǐnjūchù
हिन्दीआश्रम āśram
Portuguêseremitério
Françaisermitage
DeutschKlause, Einsiedelei, Eremitage
Italianoeremo
Ελληνικάερημητήριο erimitírio, αναχωρητήριο anachoritírio, ησυχαστήριο isychastírio
Русскийэрмитаж ermitaž

noun place of seclusion

Portuguêseremitério
Françaisermitage
DeutschEinsiedelei
Italianoeremo
Ελληνικάερημητήριο erimitírio, ησυχαστήριο isychastírio

noun period of seclusion

Italianoeremitaggio, isolamento

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@misc{hermitage_2026,
  title = {hermitage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hermitage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}