RECLUSE

Recluse

A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means "shut up" or "sequester." Historically, the word referred to a hermit's total isolation from the world. Examples are Symeon of Trier, who lived within the great Roman gate Porta Nigra, having gained permission from the Archbishop of Trier, or the 19th-century Russian monk, glorified as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church, Theophan the Recluse.

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recluse

Noun

  1. A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
  2. The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
  3. A brown recluse spider.

Verb

  1. To shut; to seclude.

Adjective

  1. (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
    a recluse monk or hermit
  2. (now rare) Hidden, secret.


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