Eremite
An “eremite” (ER-uh-mite) – from the Greek for “living in the desert” – is a hermit, especially a religious recluse.
Example (as used by Cynthia Ozick in The New York Times): “He is in the private cave of his freedom, an eremite, a solitary; he orders his mind as he pleases.”
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