RECLUSE

recluse. Recluse, a. shut up, retired, religious, devout

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Re‐cluse″ (rē̍‐klūs″), a. [[F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.]] Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life. In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. J. Philips.