Relating to or characteristic of a hermit; solitary, withdrawn from society, or devoted to a life of religious contemplation and ascetic practice.
From hermit plus the suffix -ic. Developed from Late Latin eremiticus, ultimately from Greek erēmitēs (desert dweller).
Hermitic lifestyles paradoxically had enormous social influence—the most withdrawn individuals shaped Christian theology, monastic practice, and spiritual thought for centuries, proving that sometimes the people who reject society change it most profoundly.
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