Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.

of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities"

characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"

characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition"

a form of monasticism that began in Egypt in the 3rd century where individuals and small groups withdrew from cities and organized society to see God through prayer. The people who lived in caves and sought shelter in the desert and mountains were called hermits, from the Greek word eremos. (p. 204)