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Definition of Cenobitic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.
Partainyms: Cenobite, Cenobite, Cenobite, Cenobite
Derivative terms: Cenobite, Cenobite, Coenobite, Coenobite
Antonyms: Eremitic
Definition of Cenobitic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
Definition of Cenobitic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a cenobite ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cenobitic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cenobitic
Literary usage of Cenobitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Discussions arose in Egypt as to the respective merits of the cenobitic and the
... Cassian, who voices the common opinion, believed that the cenobitic life ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"We have left to consider the cenobitic and the Dedicated monasteries. ...
The cenobitic convents and monasteries derive their riches either from the ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"While the older sort of hermit colonies still maintained their existence, the
cenobitic system spread rapidly throughout Egypt. ..."
4. A Source Book for Ancient Church History: From the Apostolic Age to the by Joseph Cullen Ayer (1913)
"In the following passage Basil points out the advantages of the cenobitic life
over the solitary or hermit life. It is condensed as indicated. Questio VII. ..."
5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Alexander James William Morrison (1851)
"For this purpose, in the first place, particular encouragement was given to the
Tegular institution of the cenobitic life; and next, it was attempted to ..."
6. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart (1900)
"I pass now to the cenobitic* life. We go back in years and return to Egypt.
Man is a social animal, and the social instinct is so strong that even hermits ..."
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