Meanings
nounhermitary (plural hermitaries)
plural hermitaries
- A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
Chappels , Monasteries , Hermitaries , Nunneries , and other Religious Houses were us'd lo in the time of old King Henry.
1655, James Howell, “To Sir K. D. at Rome”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinhermitorium
- Englishhermitary
Compare Latin hermitorium, eremitorium.
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