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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''heremite'', ''eremite'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''eremita'', from Late Greek ''erēmitēs'', from [[Greek]], adjective, living in the [[desert]], from ''erēmia'' desert, from ''erēmos'' desolate

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''heremite'', ''eremite'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''eremita'', from Late Greek ''erēmitēs'', from [[Greek]], adjective, living in the [[desert]], from ''erēmia'' desert, from ''erēmos'' desolate

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

==Definition==

==Definition==

*1:a. one that [[retires]] from [[society]] and lives in [[solitude]] especially for [[religious]] reasons : recluse  

*1:a. one that [[retires]] from [[society]] and lives in [[solitude]] especially for [[religious]] reasons : recluse  

A '''hermit''' (adjectival form: ''eremitic'') is a person who lives, to some [[degree]], in seclusion from [[society]].

A '''hermit''' (adjectival form: ''eremitic'') is a person who lives, to some [[degree]], in seclusion from [[society]].

In [[Christianity]], the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious [[conviction]], namely the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_spirituality#Desert_spirituality Desert Theology] of the [[Old Testament]] (i.e., the forty years [[wandering]] in the [[desert]] that was meant to bring about a [[change]] of [[heart]]).

In [[Christianity]], the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious [[conviction]], namely the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_spirituality#Desert_spirituality Desert Theology] of the [[Old Testament]] (i.e., the forty years [[wandering]] in the [[desert]] that was meant to bring about a [[change]] of [[heart]]).

In the Christian [[tradition]] the eremitic life is an early form of monastic living that preceded the monastic life in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenobium cenobium]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_St_Benedict Rule of St Benedict] (ch. 1) lists hermits among four kinds of [[monks]]. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Roman Catholic Church], in addition to hermits who are members of religious institutes, contemporary Roman Catholic Church law (canon 603) [[recognizes]] also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecrated_life#Other_forms_of_consecrated_life consecrated hermits] under the direction of their diocesan bishop as members of the Consecrated Life ("consecrated diocesan hermits"). The same is true in many parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Communion Anglican Communion], including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States) Episcopal Church] in the United States, although in the canon law of the Episcopal Church they are referred to as "solitaries" rather than "hermits".

In the Christian [[tradition]] the eremitic life is an early form of monastic living that preceded the monastic life in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenobium cenobium]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_St_Benedict Rule of St Benedict] (ch. 1) lists hermits among four kinds of [[monks]]. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Roman Catholic Church], in addition to hermits who are members of religious institutes, contemporary Roman Catholic Church law (canon 603) [[recognizes]] also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecrated_life#Other_forms_of_consecrated_life consecrated hermits] under the direction of their diocesan bishop as members of the Consecrated Life ("consecrated diocesan hermits"). The same is true in many parts of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Communion Anglican Communion], including the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States) Episcopal Church] in the United States, although in the canon law of the Episcopal Church they are referred to as "solitaries" rather than "hermits".

Often, both in religious and [[secular]] [[literature]], the term "hermit" is also used loosely for any Christian living a secluded [[prayer]]-[[focused]] life, and sometimes interchangeably with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorite anchorite/anchoress], recluse and "[[solitary]]".

Often, both in religious and [[secular]] [[literature]], the term "hermit" is also used loosely for any Christian living a secluded [[prayer]]-[[focused]] life, and sometimes interchangeably with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorite anchorite/anchoress], recluse and "[[solitary]]".

Other religions, e.g. in [[Buddhism]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Islam (Sufism )], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoism], traditionally also have hermits in the sense of [[individuals]] living an [[ascetic]] form of life.

Other religions, e.g. in [[Buddhism]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Islam (Sufism )], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoism], traditionally also have hermits in the sense of [[individuals]] living an [[ascetic]] form of life.

In modern colloquial usage, the term "hermit" denotes anyone living a life apart from the rest of [[society]], or who simply does not [[participate]] in [[social]] [[events]] as much as is common, regardless of their [[motivation]] in doing so, including the [[misanthrope]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit]

In modern colloquial usage, the term "hermit" denotes anyone living a life apart from the rest of [[society]], or who simply does not [[participate]] in [[social]] [[events]] as much as is common, regardless of their [[motivation]] in doing so, including the [[misanthrope]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit]

==Hermitage==

==Hermitage==

''Hermitages'' have been located in [[caves]] and [[huts]], often in the [[desert]] or [[woods]], sometimes abutting monastery buildings of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenobitic cenobitic community] when there was an exchange of labour and provisions. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval times]], they may have been [[endowed]] by the lord or lady of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor manor] in return for [[prayers]] for their [[family]], or in [[city]] dwellings, e.g., inside the city gate as remuneration for [[services]] rendered as a gatekeeper. In [[modern]] times they are to be found even in large cities and high-rise blocks of flats, depending on the hermit's means.

''Hermitages'' have been located in [[caves]] and [[huts]], often in the [[desert]] or [[woods]], sometimes abutting monastery buildings of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenobitic cenobitic community] when there was an exchange of labour and provisions. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval times]], they may have been [[endowed]] by the lord or lady of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor manor] in return for [[prayers]] for their [[family]], or in [[city]] dwellings, e.g., inside the city gate as remuneration for [[services]] rendered as a gatekeeper. In [[modern]] times they are to be found even in large cities and high-rise blocks of flats, depending on the hermit's means.

==See also==

==See also==