Category:Recluse

Re*cluse", a. Etym: [l. reclus, l. reclusus, from recludere, Reclusum, to unclose, open, in ll., to shut up. See close.]

Defn: 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.

Recluse Re*cluse", n. Etym: [f. reclus, ll. reclusus. See recluse, a.]

1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, As a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded Devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries.

2. The place where a recluse dwells. [obs.] Foxe.

Recluse Re*cluse", v. t.

Defn: to shut; to seclude. [obs.]