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Definition of Solitudinarians
1. solitudinarian [n] - See also: solitudinarian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solitudinarians
Literary usage of Solitudinarians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1831)
"He had before tried this relief in solitude, but like all misanthropes and
solitudinarians, though always praising this ascetic life, he could never bear to ..."
2. Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold (1914)
"... and a quiet that should please the greatest of solitudinarians. Here, too,
the lover of birds may sometimes see some unusual visitors, but until such ..."
3. Hood's Own: Or, Laughter from Year to Year: Being Former Runnings of His by Thomas Hood (1855)
"In fact, as Schiller's Robbers begot Robbers, so did my solitude beget solitudinarians,
but with this difference, that the dramatist's disciples frequented ..."
4. The History of Persia: From the Most Early Period to the Present Time by John Malcolm (1829)
"... or, ' the solitudinarians.' " He concludes by stating his belief, that there
are only two original sects of ..."
5. The Diary and Correspondence of Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester by Charles Abbot, Charles Abbot Colchester (1861)
"Yet, upon the whole, I think George Hardinge would be apt to term us " The
well-associated solitudinarians ..."
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