cenobite
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See also cénobite
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French cenobite or Ecclesiastical Latin coenobita, from coenobium, from Ancient Greek κοινόβιον (“community life, convent”), from κοινός (koinos, “community”) + βίος (bios, “life”).
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Noun[edit]
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.
Translations[edit]
monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude
See also[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cenobite m (oblique plural cenobites, nominative singular cenobites, nominative plural cenobite)
- cenobite (monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude)
