eremitic meaning and definition

EREMITIC adjective

Definition of eremitic (adjective)

1. of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
   • "eremitic austerities"
   • synonyms: eremitical
   • antonym: cenobitic
2. characterized by ascetic solitude
   • "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"
   • synonyms: anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical