† eremitagen.
Obsolete.
1. The state or condition of a hermit.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > person > condition of
eremitage1582
hermitage1582
eremiteshipa1603
reclusiveness1644
hermitship1825
hermitry1882
hermitism1896
hermithood1915
1582 in Bible (Rheims) Luke xxi. 1 (margin) Solitarinesse or heremitage..is a goodly thing.
1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 50 Iohn Baptist professed a kinde of Eremitage.
2. The dwelling of a hermit.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > hermitage
cellOE
hermitagec1290
eremitagec1400
narrow cell1636
hermitary1754
c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) viii. 93 There ben many..hermytages where heremytes weren wont to duell.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 301 The lordis..Decretit hes for Feachar his bruther To send richt sone..Far furth in France into ane heremetage.
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 xxv. 572 A leaden Box, which as he affirmed was found in the ruines of an old Eremitage.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
3. The name of a wine (see hermitage n.).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Rhône
hermitage1680
eremitage1796
Côte-rôtie1802
roussette1873
Tavel1875
Châteauneuf-du-Pape1876
Rhone1895
Seyssel1926
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 352 The best sorts of French wine are..muscat, frontigniac, eremitage.
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