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Religious people: monks & nuns
abbess
abbey
abbot
anchorite
ascetic
benedictine
Franciscan
friar
friary
habit
lay brother
lay sister
monastically
monasticism
monk
mother
novice
priory
Trappist monk
veil

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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles

hermit | American Dictionary

hermit
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhɜr·mɪt/
a person who lives alone and apart from society