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NOUN:

1. The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
2. A monastery or abbey.
A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.
The condition or way of life of a hermit.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French hermitage, from heremite, hermit ; see hermit

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