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Definition of Hermitic
1. Adjective. Characterized by ascetic solitude. "His hermitic existence"
Similar to: Unworldly
Derivative terms: Anchorite, Eremite, Eremite, Hermit, Hermit, Hermit, Hermit
Definition of Hermitic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or typical of a hermit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hermitic
1. hermit [adj] - See also: hermit
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Literary usage of Hermitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library by Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)., Library Association (1890)
"Also he wrote Chemical Collections, expressing the Progress of secret hermitic
Science, in 1654 ; also Institution, Laws and Ceremonies of the Noble Order ..."
2. American Literature in the Colonial and National Periods by Lorenzo Sears (1902)
"Above and near the hermitic staff, The moderator's upper half, In grandeur o'er
the cushion bow'd, Like Sol half-seen behind a cloud. ..."
3. Book-lore: A Magazine Devoted to Old Time Literature (1886)
"... while for " those ridiculous scarecrows who led a kind of hermitic life, and
are called sanctified or holy men," his scorn was unbounded. ..."
4. Christian Theism, Its Claims and Sanctions by Daniel Boardman Purinton (1889)
"Several centuries later, another writer quotes from an old hermitic book as
follows : " Before all the things that actually exist, and before all beginnings ..."
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