recluses

n. [ L. praeclusio. See Preclude. ] The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ L. recludere to unclose, open; pref. re- again, back, un- + claudere to shut. ] To open; to unclose. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 [ 1913 Webster ]

In meditation deep, recluse
From human converse. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place where a recluse dwells. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a recluse or solitary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being recluse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. reclusio: cf. F. reclusion. ] A state of retirement from the world; seclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Affording retirement from society. “Some reclusive and religious life.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse{ 1 }; not sociable; -- of people. [ PJC ]