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Recluse

Re-clūse', a.

adjective

a. [Lat. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, but with a signification directly opposite; Fr. reclus, Sp. recluso, It. richiùso. See supra.] Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

I all the livelong day Consume in meditation deep, recluse From human converse. Philips.

Re-clūse', n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. reclus, L. Lat. reclusus. See supra.]

A person who lives in retirement or seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk.
Specifically, one of a class of religious devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries. Brande.

Re-clūse', v. t.

verbtransitive

To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]