McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hermit

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hermit


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(Gr. ἐñçìüò , desert), one devoted to religious solitude; properly, the solitude of a wilderness. It became, at a later period, the name of certain classes of monks. SEE MONASTICISM; SEE MONE.