hermitary

English

Etymology

Compare Latin hermitorium, eremitorium.

Noun

hermitary (plural hermitaries)

  1. A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hermitary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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