A hermit (adjectival form: eremitic or hermitic) is a person who lives in seclusion from society.
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In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament (i.e., the 40 years wandering in the desert that was meant to bring about a change of heart).
A pair of researchers at Hirosaki University, has found that tires discarded in the ocean trap and kill hermit crabs ... They found that hermit crabs are able to climb into the open circular center of a tire, but because of the way tires are shaped, they are unable to climb out again.
The cat has refused to come down from the roof for anyone and local people and firefighters have been unable to persuade him as he runs away when anyone tries ... .
Abandoned tires dumped into the ocean are turning into deadly traps for hermit crabs, who may be resorting to eating each other in a desperate but futile gambit to survive ... any hermit crabs. Over the course of a year, they counted 1,278 hermit crabs within the six tires.
a discarded car tire filled with hundreds of hermit crab shells, some occupied by living inhabitants, but many more damaged and derelict, their occupants apparently long deceased ... Any hermit crabs inside were counted, collected, examined, then released at least fifty meters away from any of the study tires.
Jacinda Ardern has begun reopening New Zealand to travellers by halving the nation's quarantine requirements and removing them entirely for a select few countries ... Former NZ Prime Minister Sir John Key in September said New Zealand had become 'a smug hermit kingdom' and travel restrictions should be lifted as priority ... RELATED ARTICLES ... .
This is the third and final column in a series about Joe Root, the famed hermit of Presque Isle...Chapter 1. Who was Joe Root? Separating fact from folklore about Presque Isle's famed hermit. Chapter 2. How Joe Root, Presque Isle's resident hermit, collided with Erie's polite society. Joe Root was a character, to be certain ... More ... More ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9.
While New Zealand adopts ingenious vaccine “Mr Whippy vans” in a lofty move to vaccinate people in isolated communities, several Australian states appear to have become dangerously complacent ....