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Definition of Recluse

Recluse
Recluse Re*cluse", a. [L. 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.
Recluse
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. 2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
Recluse
Recluse Re*cluse", v. t. To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]

Meaning of Recluse from wikipedia

- Look up recluse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion and solitude. The word is from the Latin recludere...
- The brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa, Sicariidae, formerly placed in a family "Loxoscelidae") is a recluse spider with necrotic venom. Similar to those...
- This is a list of notable people who have been described as recluses, individuals who live in voluntary seclusion from the public and society. Excluded...
- The recluse spiders (Loxosceles (/lɒkˈsɒsɪliːz/), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders that was...
- The Recluse Sisters (RM) are a Roman Catholic community of Religious Sisters who were founded in 1943, in Alberta, Canada, by Rita Renaud, Jeannette Roy...
- recluse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A recluse is a person who shuns the public and society. Recluse or The Recluse may also refer to: Recluse...
- Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders)...
- Herman the Recluse (Latin: Hermannus Heremitus) was, according to legend, a thirteenth-century Benedictine monk best known as the author (actual or supposed)...
- Recluse is a small unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. A post office has been in operation at Recluse since 1924. The...
- known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. The desert recluse is commonly misidentified...