Hermitage (noun)
hur-mit-idj
any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway, a place for a hermit.
First recorded between 1250–1300. The sense of “any secluded place of residence” first came into usage during the 1640s. From the same spelling as Old French; from Medieval Latin hermitorium, “a hermit’s dwelling place.”
Example sentences
“This place was like my hermitage, offering me solace.”