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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19878" /> == | |||
<p> A person who retires into solitude for the purpose of devotion. Who were the first hermits cannot easily be known; though Paul, surnamed the hermit, is generally reckoned the first. The persecutions of [[Decius]] and Valerian were supposed to have occasioned their first rise. </p> | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_126341" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and nuts. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43467" /> == | |||
<p> (Gr. ἐρημός , desert), one devoted to religious solitude; properly, the solitude of a wilderness. It became, at a later period, the name of certain classes of monks. (See [[Monasticism]]); (See Mone). </p> | <p> (Gr. ἐρημός , desert), one devoted to religious solitude; properly, the solitude of a wilderness. It became, at a later period, the name of certain classes of monks. (See [[Monasticism]]); (See Mone). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_19878"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/hermit Hermit from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_126341"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/hermit Hermit from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_43467"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hermit Hermit from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_43467"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hermit Hermit from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 08:00, 12 October 2021
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
A person who retires into solitude for the purpose of devotion. Who were the first hermits cannot easily be known; though Paul, surnamed the hermit, is generally reckoned the first. The persecutions of Decius and Valerian were supposed to have occasioned their first rise.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(n.) A spiced molasses cooky, often containing chopped raisins and nuts.
(2):
(n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
(3):
(n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Gr. ἐρημός , desert), one devoted to religious solitude; properly, the solitude of a wilderness. It became, at a later period, the name of certain classes of monks. (See Monasticism); (See Mone).
