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Definitions for Recluse
[1] a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
[2] Also incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
[3] shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
[4] characterized by seclusion; solitary.
[5] a person who lives in seclusion
[6] a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress
[7] solitary; retiring
Words related to Recluse
hermit, solitary, cenobite, monk, nun, ascetic, solitaire, troglodyte, eremite, anchorite
Words nearby Recluse
reclinate, reclination, recline, recliner, reclosable, recluse, reclusion, reco-reco, recognition, recognition factor, recognizance
Origin of Recluse
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French reclus < Late Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere to shut up, equivalent to re- re- + -clūd-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
Other words from Recluse
non·re·clu·sive , adjective
un·re·cluse , adjective
un·re·clu·sive , adjective
Word origin for Recluse
C13: from Old French reclus , from Late Latin reclūdere to shut away, from Latin re- + claudere to close
Synonyms for Recluse
hermit, anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte