poustinia
Meanings
noun
- In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.
Word forms
Etymology
From the Russian пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert”).
Derived words
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