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Definition of Eremitism
1. Noun. Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience.
Definition of Eremitism
1. n. The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.
Definition of Eremitism
1. Noun. The state of being a hermit; seclusion from society. ¹
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Definition of Eremitism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eremitism
Literary usage of Eremitism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Scottish Nation by James Aitken Wylie (1887)
"Eastern eremitism was even a more idle thing than the idleness Martin sought to
cure by it. The monachism of Gaul was not recluse and solitary, ..."
2. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe by John William Draper (1900)
"Hilarion is said to have been the first who established a monastic community.
He went into the desert when he was only fifteen years old. eremitism thus ..."
3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1913)
"... carried on systematically, modern orders might have been included, but the
field surveyed is sufficiently large, comprehending the earliest eremitism, ..."
4. The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1867)
"... dissemination of Christianity eventually tended to its entire and permanent
incorporation with the whole of society. When eremitism gave place to ..."
5. Constantine the Great: The Reorganisation of the Empire and the Triumph of by John Benjamin Firth (1905)
"... stands on a very different plane from the entirely self-centred eremitism
associated with Egypt. By doing the work of good Samaritans the members of ..."
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