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Webster 1913 Edition
Cenobite
Cen′o-bite
,Noun.
[L.
coenobita
, fr. Gr. κοινόβιος
; κοινόσ
common + βίοσ
life: cf. F. cénobite
.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
Gibbon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cenobite
CENOBITE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cenobite
cenobite
See also: cénobite
English
Alternative forms
Noun
cenobite (plural cenobites)
- A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 418:
- Lamprecht knew very well how the war was going and was perfunctory in his rounding up of Jews and cenobites.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 418:
- A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
- (fiction) A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.
Translations
monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude
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