Word Meanings - HERMITARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell.
Related words: (words related to HERMITARY)
- ANNEX
to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson. 2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He - HOWELL
The upper stage of a porcelian furnace. - HERMITARY
A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell. - HERMIT
1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired - ANNEXATION
1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. - HERMITICAL
Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry. - HERMITAGE
A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of DrĂ´me. (more info) 1. The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence. Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. Shak. 2. Etym: - ANNEXATIONIST
One who favors annexation. - ANNEXIONIST
An annexationist. - ABBEY
1. A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings. Note: The men are called monks, and governed by an abbot; the women are called nuns, and - ANNEXION
Annexation. Shak. - HERMITESS
A female hermit. Coleridge. - ANNEXMENT
The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. Shak. - ANNEXER
One who annexes. - REANNEXATION
Act of reannexing. - COANNEX
To annex with something else. - DISANNEX
To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials - REANNEX
To annex again or anew; to reunite. "To reannex that duchy." Bacon.