The meaning of Recluses

noun

A female anchorite.

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As a priest performed the ceremonies of the burial office, julian took up residence as an anchoress…

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A religious recluse.

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The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of thutmosis iii in the temple of karna…

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Someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons

adjective

Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

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An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour

noun

A person who follows an ascetic life.

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The composition of hymns of the rig-veda was done by hindu recluses, ascetics, rishis and sages roo…

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A member of a monastic community.

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A cenobite is usually a monk in a monastery, as opposed to an anchorite, who is a monk living alone…

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A christian hermit or recluse.

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The sheer volume of women involved makes russell look like a christian eremite from the days of the…

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A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.

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Secular idleness would have little meaning in solitude, and the religious contemplation of the herm…

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A person who lives alone and apart from society

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A shy, reticent person.

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I'm an introvert and don't like public speaking

adjective

Another term for introverted.

noun

Someone who is shy, quiet, and prefers to spend time alone rather than often being with other people

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

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A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

noun

A person or thing that has been or become isolated.

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Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare

verb

Place or set apart

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A person who likes to do things on their own without other people

noun

A person that prefers not to associate with others.

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My interest in birdwatching had made me a bit of a loner

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Someone who prefers to be alone and to do things without other people

noun

A muslim holy man or hermit, especially in north africa.

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At the mosque, the marabout and the father give the baby an arabic name from the koran.

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A muslim religious leader or teacher, especially in north africa

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Senegalese children have been learning from marabouts in quranic schools since the 11th century., e…

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A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

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Scrooge wasn't the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be

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A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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He has attended several retreats at the abbey, run by the catholic order of benedictine monks.

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A man who is a member of a group of religious men who live a simple life apart from general society, usually in a monastery

noun

A member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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A jesuit uncle, then chaplain to the seattle community of carmelite nuns, made an emergency appeal …

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A member of a female religious group whose members promise to obey the orders of the leader of the group, to be poor, and not to marry

noun

(chiefly in provence) a figurine adorning a representation of the manger in which jesus was laid.

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There are treasures to take home, such as santons, little provençal figures of bakers and farmers t…

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Any of various card games played by one person, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.

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Indeed, the game is sometimes called patience sorting, where patience is the british term for solit…

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A single jewel that is part of a piece of jewelry, esp. a ring, or the ring itself

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A diamond solitaire

adjective

Done or existing alone.

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I live a pretty solitary life

noun

A recluse or hermit.

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He had something of the solitary about him

adjective

Being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choice

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I live a solitary life., he enjoys solitary walks in the wilderness.

noun

A person who lives a solitary life; a recluse.

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He pays no visits, and being a solitudinarian, frequents not even a single club in london.

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An ascetic living on top of a pillar, especially in ancient or medieval syria, turkey, and greece in the 5th century ad.

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Watching him, i can't help but think of the stylites, fanatical christian monks of the middle ages …