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Webster 1913 Edition
Recluse
Re-cluse′
(rē̍-klūs′)
, Adj.
[F.
reclus
, L. reclusus
, from recludere
, reclusum
, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close
.] Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart;
as, a
recluse
monk or hermit; a recluse
lifeIn meditation deep,
From human converse.
recluse
From human converse.
J. Philips.
1.
A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.
2.
The place where a recluse dwells.
[Obs.]
Foxe.
Re-cluse′
,Verb.
T.
To shut up; to seclude.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Recluse
RECLU'SE
, a.Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; as a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
I all the live-long day consume in meditation deep, recluse from human converse.
RECLU'SE
,Noun.
1.
A person who live in retirement or seclusion from intercourse with the world; as a hermit or monk.2.
A person who confines himself to a cell in a monastery.