a. Also 7 heremitall. [ad. F. heremital, f. late L. (h)erēmīta: see EREMITE and -AL.] Of or belonging to an eremite, characteristic of an eremite.
1613. Wither, Abuses Stript & Whipt, II. Sat. iii. Q 4 b.
| Some hold them wise and vertuous that possesse, | |
| An heremitall solitarinesse. |
1834–43. Southey, Doctor (1848), lxviii. 146/2. An eremital way of life would have been more rational.
