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Definition of Coenobite
1. Noun. A member of a religious order living in common.
Generic synonyms: Religious
Derivative terms: Cenobitic, Cenobitical, Coenobitic, Coenobitical
Antonyms: Eremite
Definition of Coenobite
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cenobite) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coenobite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coenobite
Literary usage of Coenobite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Theological Studies (1905)
"Or is there any evidence that coenobite monasticism had yet travelled so far East ?
The first monastery in Mesopotamia is said to have been founded at ..."
2. The Greek and Eastern Churches by Walter Frederic Adeney (1908)
"This is known as the coenobite. It is the common life, the life of a community.
The contrast with .. the hermit life is very marked. ..."
3. Syriac Miscellanies: Or, Extracts Relating to the First and Second General by Benjamin Harris Cowper (1861)
"Moreover, that he was a coenobite and reckoned with the church clergy, ...
This shows that the man was a coenobite, who was called the wise Persian. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"Augustine praises hermits ; and yet allows that coenobite« have a more unquestionable
title to veneration (De Mor. Eccl. с. 31). ..."
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