The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eremite \Er"e*mite\, n. [See Hermit.]
   A hermit.
   [1913 Webster]

         Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite.   --Keats.
   Eremitic

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eremite
    n 1: a Christian recluse [ant: cenobite, coenobite]