hermitship

English

Etymology

From hermit +‎ -ship.

Noun

hermitship (uncountable)

1. The state of being a hermit.
   • 1867, Rhoda Broughton, Cometh Up as a Flower: An Autobiography, page 23:

     Once, and once only, I rebelled against my enforced hermitship, and we had a grand quarrel upon the subject.