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Definition of Cenobite
1. Noun. A member of a religious order living in common.
Generic synonyms: Religious
Derivative terms: Cenobitic, Cenobitical, Coenobitic, Coenobitical
Antonyms: Eremite
Definition of Cenobite
1. n. One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
Definition of Cenobite
1. Noun. A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer ¹
2. Noun. A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cenobite
1. a member of a religious order [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cenobite
Literary usage of Cenobite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Words Say: A Practical Analysis of Words : for Use in Elementary Schools by John Kennedy (1887)
"dA cenobite is a member of a religious community. He therefore has his life in
common with others, whereas a hermit or anchorite lives alone. ..."
2. Handbook of the Operas by Edith Bertha Ordway (1917)
"... comedians, philosophers, friends of Nicias, and the people. ACT I. On the
banks of the Nile the cenobite monks are seated at their frugal evening meal. ..."
3. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"Against the advice of the head cenobite, Palemon, he calls his brother monks
together and announces his intention of returning to Alexandria to convert the ..."
4. The Victrola Book of the Opera by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1919)
"Against the advice of the head cenobite, Palemon, he calls his brother monks
together and announces his intention of returning to Alexandria to convert the ..."
5. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"The monk told me a long story of a cenobite who, at the time of the first ...
In the end, as the cenobite wished to convert it, it preferred to lie down ..."
6. The History of the Crusades by Joseph Fr. Michaud, William Robson (1881)
"The cenobite, however, who feared fresh reverses, had recourse to negotiations
... In vain the cenobite endeavoured to calm their spirits and attempt fresh ..."
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