Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hermit's cell annexed to an abbey; a hermitage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cell annexed to anabbey , for the use of ahermit .
Etymologies
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Compare Latin hermitorium, eremitorium.
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nuxiy commented on the word hermitary
"Why "hermitary"? A hermitary is a dwelling for a hermit. Hermitary is an obsolete medieval English word, which, however, referred to enclosed anchorites more than to hermits. But that is by the way."
- Hermitary.com
May 20, 2009
rolig commented on the word hermitary
Thanks for pointing me to this website, Nuxiy.
May 20, 2009
nuxiy commented on the word hermitary
Sure thing.
May 20, 2009