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   Recluse (rḗ‑klūsˈ), a. [F. 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”
   
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   In meditation deep, recluse
   
   From human converse. J. Philips.
   
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   Recluse, 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.
   
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   2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.]  Foxe.
   
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   Recluse, v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]
   
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