The Collaborative International Dictionary
coenobitic
coenobitic \coenobitic\ coenobitical \coenobitical\adj. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living. Opposite of eremitic.
Syn: cenobitic, cenobitical. [WordNet 1.5] ||
WordNet
coenobitic
adj. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living [syn: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical] [ant: eremitic]
Usage examples of "coenobitic".
But on the top of the mountain was another retreat, known as Castellense, for those monks who—divina gratia suffragante—desired a severer discipline, and left the coenobitic house to become anchorites.