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HERMITAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hermitage mean? 

HERMITAGE (noun)
  The noun HERMITAGE has 1 sense:

1. the abode of a hermitplay

  Familiarity information: HERMITAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERMITAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The abode of a hermit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hermitage" is a kind of...):

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)


 Context examples 


“Go, my dear,” cried her mother, “and show her ladyship about the different walks. I think she will be pleased with the hermitage.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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