1. (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

2. (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.

Albigensian Catharist Diogenes Franciscan Hieronymian Hieronymite Sabbatarian Timon of Athens Trappist Waldensian abbacomes abbot abstainer alien anchoress anchoret anchorite ascetic beadsman bedridden invalid bhikshu brother caloyer case celibate cenobite character cloistered monk closet cynic conventual conventual prior crackpot crank dervish desert fathers desert saints eccentric eremite fakir fanatic flagellant friar grand prior hermitess hieromonach hobo homebody invalid isolationist kook lay abbot lay brother lone wolf loner marabout maverick mendicant meshuggenah monastic monk natural nonconformist nut odd fellow oddball oddity original outcast outsider palmer pariah pilgrim pillar saint pillarist prior puritan queer duck queer fish queer specimen rara avis recluse religieux religious sannyasi screwball seclusionist shut-in solitaire solitary solitudinarian stay-at-home stylite tramp type yogi yogin zealot