\Re*cluse"\, a. [L. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere,
reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See {Close}.]
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.

\Re*cluse"\, n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See {Recluse},
a.]
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.] --Foxe.

\Re*cluse"\, v. t.
To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]