Definitions for eremites

eremites er·e·mite

Spelling: [er-uh-mahyt]
IPA: /ˈɛr əˌmaɪt/

Eremites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in eremites (eeeimrst).

Definitions for eremites

noun

  1. a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.

Origin of eremites

1150-1200; Middle English Late Latin erēmīta hermit

Examples for eremites

The highest object of the eremite was meditation, absorption in Brahman.

By degrees the eremite ought to increase the severity of these penances.

I had unearthed my game at last and discovered my eremite in his mystic seclusion.

"God be with ye, wherever ye may proceed," replied the eremite.

The profession of the eremite was not without its jealousies.

The order of scholars has ceased to be mendicant, vagabond, and eremite.

The eremite shook his head, and leaning on his staff, returned to the cavern.

The idea was not entirely that of the eremite, for the Cistercians were improvers as well as colonists.

For does not the eremite through his art of prayer and devotion, seek an ideal?

I got it, my lady, from a learned Egyptian doctor, who took it from an eremite of Arabia Felix.

Word Value for eremites
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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