adjective
1. of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
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eremitic austerities
• Syn: ↑eremitical
• Ant: ↑cenobitic
• Pertains to noun: ↑eremite (for: ↑eremitical), ↑eremite
• Derivationally related forms: ↑eremite (for: ↑eremitical), ↑eremite
2. characterized by ascetic solitude
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the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony
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his hermitic existence
• Syn: ↑anchoritic, ↑eremitical, ↑hermitic, ↑hermitical
• Similar to: ↑unworldly
• Derivationally related forms: ↑hermit (for: ↑hermitical), ↑hermit (for: ↑hermitic), ↑eremite (for: ↑eremitical), ↑eremite, ↑anchorite (for: ↑anchoritic)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.