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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
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Pakistani forces raid militant hideouts PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistan's security forces raided two militant hideouts in the country's restive northwest on Saturday, triggering gunbattles that left at least two soldiers and nine militants dead, the military said in a statement.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Many homes of Alawites were looted and then set on fire in different areas, two residents of Syria's coastal region told the AP from their hideouts.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Founded in 1397 for hermit friars who had dedicated their life to St. Augustine, the monastery has been under the custodial care of the Augustinian order for centuries.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The monastery Mariazell owned the property, and Enea had to present his vision directly to the nuns, who had never considered leasing the land for such a purpose.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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There are a few shelves of bottles with pipettes in them, like the lair of some sort of mad apothecary.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Along the way, viewers will get a better look at Muse’s aforementioned lair, which became quite an attraction even for those who worked on the series.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 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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Whenever the other eagles in the aviary came near his rock and its nest, Murphy would scream and charge at them, the sanctuary wrote.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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When the researchers approached the bird’s nest, the fuzzy nestling shook its head, flicking it back and forth.—
ByErik Stokstad,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermitage. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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