eremitic

Definitions of eremitic
  1. adjective
    of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
    “eremitic austerities”
    synonyms: eremitical
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    antonyms:
    cenobitic
    of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
  2. adjective
    characterized by ascetic solitude
    “the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony”
    synonyms: anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
    unworldly
    not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
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