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cœnobite, cenobite|ˈsiːnəʊbaɪt, ˈsɛnəʊbaɪt|
[ad. late L. cœnobīta, f. cœnobium; see below. Cf. F. cénobite. (In this word, and its cognates, English usage prefers cœ- to ce-.)]
A member of a religious order living in a community; opposed to an anchoret, who lives in solitude.
a1638Mede Wks. iii. 688 Cœnobites which live in society. 1776–88Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxvii. (R.), The monks were divided into two classes: the cœnobites..and the anachorets. 1841Elphinstone Hist. India I. 109 The progress from single monks to cenobites. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. i. i. 50 The anchorites and cœnobites were drawn by the sight of these wild mountains.
attrib.1819Q. Rev. XXII. 63 The coenobite, it was argued, was preferable to the solitary life. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 156 The cœnobite brethren. |