cenobium
/səˈnəʊbɪəm
/(also coenobium)
noun (plural cenobia /səˈnəʊbɪə/)
A monastery: many pilgrims flocked to the cenobium in search of the monk...
- Yet communal life in the cenobium brought "the world" into the monastery, which became its microcosm.
- All the brothers begged pardon from him for their previous ignorance and they brought him back to his own cenobium.
- One year after the founding of the monastery of the Cave, Sabas established another cenobium, later named after its first abbot, John Scholarius.
Origin
Early 19th century: ecclesiastical Latin coenobium, from Greek koinobion 'community life, convent', from koinos 'common' + bios 'life'.