noun
hermit, eremite, cenobite, religious, anchorite, ascetic, solitary, recluse, abbot, prior; see also friar, priest.
Orders of monks include: Benedictine, Cistercian, Carthusian, Trappist, Franciscan, Capuchin, Dominican, Vincentian, Carmelite, Augustinian, Jesuit, Templar, Bernardine.
