her·mit·age
ˈhər-mə-tij 
Her·mi·tage
ˌ(h)er-mi-ˈtäzh
: a red or white Rhone valley wine
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Noun (1)
On weekends he escapes to his hermitage in the mountains.
the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road
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Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
—Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Neither Stukeley’s hermitage nor Queen Caroline’s boasted a hermit-in-residence.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 July 2023
According to Campbell, garden hermitages originated in southern Europe, likely during the Italian Renaissance.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
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Noun
An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site
Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
—Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Neither Stukeley’s hermitage nor Queen Caroline’s boasted a hermit-in-residence.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 July 2023
According to Campbell, garden hermitages originated in southern Europe, likely during the Italian Renaissance.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
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“Hermitage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hermitage. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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hermitage
noun
her·mit·age
ˈhər-mət-ij
: a hermit's home
also
: a residence screened or hidden from view : retreat
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