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noun
a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
Also, coenobite.
Origin:
1630–40; < Late Latin coenobīta, equivalent to coenob- (< Greek koinóbios (adj.) conventual, living together, equivalent to koino- ceno-2 + bi- bi-2 + -os adj. suffix) + -īta -ite1
1630–40; < Late Latin coenobīta, equivalent to coenob- (< Greek koinóbios (adj.) conventual, living together, equivalent to koino- ceno-2 + bi- bi-2 + -os adj. suffix) + -īta -ite1
Related forms
ce·no·bit·i·cal·ly, adverb
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| coenobite or cenobite (ˈsiːnəʊˌbaɪt) | |
| —n | |
| Compare eremite a member of a religious order following a communal rule of life | |
| [C17: from Old French or ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek koinobion convent, from koinos common + bios life] | |
| cenobite or cenobite | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Old French or ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek koinobion convent, from koinos common + bios life] | |
| coenobitic or cenobite | |
| —adj | |
| coeno'bitical or cenobite | |
| —adj | |
| ceno'bitic or cenobite | |
| —adj | |
| ceno'bitical or cenobite | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
cenobite
"member of a communal religious order," 1638, from Church L. coenobita "a cloister brother," from coenobium "a convent," from Gk. koinobion "life in community, monastery," from koinos "common" + bios "life" (see bio-).
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