Recluse /(rē̇*klūs")/

Re·cluse

Recluse

a.
  1. Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life
    In meditation deep, recluse From human converse.
    — J. Philips.

Recluse

n.
  1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.
  2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.]

Recluse

v. t.
  1. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]