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Recluse \Re*cluse"\ (r[-e]*kl[=u]s"), 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
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In meditation deep, recluse
From human converse. --J. Philips.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, n. [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.
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2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t.
To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]
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