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Hermitage
HER-mih-tij
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Greek, 14th century
 
1
A secluded residence
2
The home of a hermit
 
 
 
Examples of Hermitage in a sentence
 
"We bought our lake home with five acres of land because we needed a hermitage to escape to."
 
"While walking through the woods, the kids discovered a hermitage that seemed abandoned."
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