Hermit
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).
