“In time, the eremitical ideal diminished, and wandering gave way to a settled, monastic way of life.”

“The service for blessing a hermit consisted of prayers and psalms and a gift of the eremitical habit.”

“Self-mortification and individual austerities can be detected, but these are incidental to the eremitical style.”

“Vasari's portrait of the aged Piero as eremitic and antisocial has influenced the way scholars have read the few available documents.”

“On the other they meet Paul the Hermit, the traditional founder of the eremitic life.”

“The monastic and eremitic movement in the Irish Church also provided a strong impetus to nature poetry.”