hermitship

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English

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Etymology

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From hermit +‎ -ship.

Noun

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hermitship (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a hermit.
    • 1867, Rhoda Broughton, Cometh Up as a Flower: An Autobiography, page 23:
      Once, and once only, I rebelled against my enforced hermitship, and we had a grand quarrel upon the subject.