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cenobite
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cenobite \Cen"o*bite\, n. [L. coenobita, fr. Gr. koino`bios; koino`s common + bi`os life: cf. F. c['e]nobite.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. --Gibbon.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a member of a religious order living in common [syn: coenobite ] [ant: eremite ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer 2 A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hellraiser characters ''The four Cenobites featured in The Hellbound Heart and the first two entries in the Hellraiser film franchise. From left: Butterball, Pinhead, the Female, and Chatterer.'' Cenobites In-story information Race: Primary location: Leader: ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also coenobite , "member of a communal religious order," 1630s, from Church Latin coenobita "a cloister brother," from coenobium "a convent," from Greek koinobion "life in community, monastery," from koinos "common" (see coeno- ) + bios "life" (see bio- ...
Usage examples of cenobite.
In moments they would be here-the ones Kircher had called the Cenobites, theologians of the Order of the Gash.
He looked back towards the Cenobites, seeking some explanation for this.
It was the fourth Cenobite, the one that had never spoken, nor shown its face.
Had the Cenobites got their hooks in her already, snagging the carpet of her bowels?
The hold on her throat had relaxed, she realized: the Cenobites had apparently seen the error of their ways.
Here, much as in a monastery, lived a group of so-called cenobites, Christians from various towns and villages who had built shelters in this solitary place in order to devote themselves without disturbance to a simple, pure life of quiet contemplation.
And in the cenobite settlement you met the old man whom you asked to direct you to Dion Pugil?
Even a shy cenobite, unused to the sounds of men and diffident to the point of tears, can be better relied on.
A few cenobites move about, male scarcely distinguishable from female in their robes , and overshadowing cowls.