adj the place where a recluse dwells.
2. recluse ·vt to shut up; to seclude.
3. recluse ·adj shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
4. recluse ·adj 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.