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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.
Re*cluse", v. t. To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]
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