recluse /n. [n. rek-loos, ri-kloos; adj. ri-kloos, rek-loos]
–noun
1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
2. Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
–adjective re⋅cluse. Also, re⋅clu⋅sive.
3. shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
4. characterized by seclusion; solitary.