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Definition of Eremites
1. eremite [n] - See also: eremite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eremites
Literary usage of Eremites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The Order of monks which Luther selected was the -Augustinian eremites. ...
The reformed Augustinian eremites strictly observed their vows of poverty and ..."
2. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"... eremites success of preaching depended solely on moral suasion. The Scotch
Covenanters called submission to tho civil powers ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"This marks the establishment of his order, which assumed the title of " eremites
of St. Francis " and к rove to surpass the Franciscans by a more rigid ..."
4. Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern by Johann Lorenz Mosheim, James Murdock (1841)
"... eremites of St. Francis '. The more lax Franciscans, therefore, now persecuted
this class with great severity, and accused them, among other things, ..."
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