Eremite

[Fr. ermite; Lat. eremita; late Gr.erēmites, from eremos, a desert; probably akin to erema, gently, quietly. See HERMIT.] One who lives in a desert or wilderne ; a hermit; a recluse; an anchoret. (R.) "Eremites and friars, White, black, and gray, with all their trumpery." - Milton . Er'emite, n. (Min.) Same as MONAZITE, q. v. Eremit'ić, Eremit'ical, a . Fr. éremitique .] Living in seclusion from the world; hermitical. "Multitudes of religious orders, eremitical and cenobitical." Stilling fleet. Eremitism, n . State of living as a hermit; seclusion from the world. Er'ethism, n . [From Gr. erethizo , to excite or irritate.] ( Med .) A state of great general over-excitement induced by abuse of mercury, or depre ing agents. It shows a small feeble and quick pulse, præcordial sinkings, faintings, ., and occasionally terminates suddenly in death. The tongue may be clear throughout the disease, and the secretions natural. Erethistic, a. [Gr. erethistikos .] Pertaining or having reference to erethism. Erf, n .; pl . ERVEN. [Du.] A garden-plot of about half an acre. (Used at the Cape of Good Hope.) Erfurt, ( air foort ,) a town and fortre of Pru ia, in Saxony, on the Gera, cap. of ancient Thu ring i a, about midway between Gotha and Weimar. It has a cathedral, numerous churches, a convent, orphan's asylum, an academy of science, and several literary institutions, Pop . 1876, 48,030. - Said to have been founded by Erpes in the 5th century, and called Erpesford: it was in the time of Charlemagne one of the most important commercial towns of Germany. Its university, founded in 1392, is celebrated as having numbered Martin Luther among its students in 1501. In 1664 the town was taken by the French, who ceded it to the Elector of Mayence Fig . 958. LUTHER'S ROOM, ERFURT. in 1667. In 1803 it was annexed to Pru ia, but was again taken by the French under Murat, Oct. 12, 1806, when 14,000 Pru ians, including Marshal Mollendorf and the Prince of Orange, were made prisoners. Napoleon I. and the Emperor Alexander of Ru ia had an interview here. Sept. 27, 1808. It resulted in a letter which they addre ed to George III., Oct. 12, desiring him to accede to offers of peace. A reply was sent, Oct. 28, to the effect that England could only treat in concert with Sweden and Spain. Erfurt was restored to Pru ia, Jan. 6, 1814. Its university was suppre ed in 1816. A German parliament a embled here March 20, 1850. Fig . 959. ERGOT. the injury sustained by flocks and herds, either in the shape of gangrene, or by causing them to slip their young.- See ERGOTISM.