hermitage
Speech parts
1. hermitage - Noun
2. Hermitage - Proper noun
Meaning
The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.
A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drome.
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It is at the cross-roads that skepticism is born, not in a hermitage.
A hermitage was built beside the Gernikako Arbola to double as an assembly place, followed by the current house of assembly (Biltzar Jauregia in Basque ), built in 1826.
An annual pilgrimage brings a million visitors to the Hermitage of El Rocío in Almonte (population 16,914 in 2008); similarly large crowds visit the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza in Andújar every April.
Afterwards, Parashurama devoted himself in serving his parents and brothers, helping Jamadagni to run his hermitage.
Curious about his ancestors, Parashurama went to the hermitage of Richika's father Aurva and a few months later, he went to Aurva's father, Chyavana.
As these communities expanded and drew more pilgrims, Columbanus sought greater solitude, spending periods of time in a hermitage and communicating with the monks through an intermediary.