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[Homework]2015-08-05 How to Use a Word
Today's word is hermitage, spelled H-E-R-M-I-T-A-G-E. Hermitage is a noun that means the habitation of a hermit. It can also mean, more broadly, a secluded residence or private retreat, also a monastery. Hermitage also means the life or condition of a hermit.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the Kairo ** Daily Times *** by Rebecca ***.
The facility would include a convent, a chapel, a library, a rosary walk area, coffee shops, hermitages or small cottages, and areas for larger retreat groups and for people are couples to stay.
The word hermitage is of course related to ''hermit'', a word for one who retreats from society to live in solitude, often for religious reasons. The origins of hermitage and hermit are found in Greek ''ἔρημος'', meaning ''desolate'', gave rise to ''ερημία'', and eventually to the noun, ''ερημίτης'', which was used for a person living in the desert or, more broadly, for a recluse. The word journeyed from Greek to Latin, to Anglo-French, to middle English, where it eventually transformed into ''hermit''. The related word ''hermitage'' was borrowed into English from Anglo-French in the 14th century. A hermitage can be the dwelling of a hermit, for example, a mountain shack or a monastery, or simply, a secluded home.
With your word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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