solitude

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1. solitude - Noun

2. solitude - Adjective

Meaning

state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.

Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.

solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.

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After this he kept silence, retiring to the island of Saint-Cosme near Tours to live in ascetic solitude. Source: Internet

Because solitude is a virtue for us, since it is a sublime inclination and impulse to cleanliness which shows that contact between people (“society”) inevitably makes things unclean. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

As soon as he had seen his new order thus consolidated he gave up the government of it to a certain Robert, and retired once again to a still more remote solitude to give himself up more entirely to solitary penance and prayer. Source: Internet

Dunn’s exhibit cites the circles as symbols of contradiction, representing “isolation and belonging, loneliness and solitude, internal conflict, journey, the difference between home and homeland.” Source: Internet

Choir nuns tend to lead somewhat less eremitical lives, while still maintaining a strong commitment to solitude and silence. Source: Internet

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