He was 30 and had an 18-month-old daughter; he lived at his private monastery; and he had just finished five years of solitary meditation.

During the last stage of her Amazon rebirth (solitary meditation), she secretly left the island to exact her revenge on the men of the world.

Such time as she does not spend in solitary meditation, she spends with her chaplain and Sister Cecile.

Since it was the last day of the year, Persival had canceled all afternoon exercises and given orders for solitary meditation and rest.

This boy, having nobody to discuss anybody with, presumably sat in solitary meditation, brooding on the odd-job man.

So they would all be closeted now in solitary meditation waiting for the four o'clock summons to announce their final votes.

I have always thought that solitary meditation over some tedious or boring task is punishment enough for most misbehavior.

It is a time of solitary meditation for the keepers of the shrine.

He was familiarized with Greek by a pedagogical method that employed games, conversation, and exercises of solitary meditation, rather than books.

He spent six days a week in solitary meditation, remaining inaccessible even to the rulers.