Hermitage (religious retreat)
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Although today's meaning is usually a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, hermitage was more commonly used to mean a settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.
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See also
- Ashram
- Catherine Doherty
- Desert Fathers
- Dysart
- Hermit
- Hesychasm
- Jesus Prayer
- Madonna House Apostolate
- Monastery
- Poustinia
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