hermitshipn.
/ˈhəːmɪtˌʃɪp/ The condition or mode of life of a hermit.
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [noun] > life of
reclusionc1430
anchorism1573
anchoritism1660
recluse1665
hermitship1825
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
1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 7 Your jests at my hermitship and hermitage.
1842 T. Carlyle Let. 27 Oct. in Pall Mall Gaz. (1891) 23 May 3/2 Emerson does not yet go into vegetables, into rural Hermitship; and we hope never will.
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