cenobite

or coe·no·bite

[ see-nuh-bahyt, sen-uh- ]

/ ˈsi nəˌbaɪt, ˈsɛn ə- /

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noun

a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.

Words nearby cenobite

cenesthesia, ceng, cenis, cenizo, ceno-, cenobite, cenogenesis, cenosite, cenospecies, cenotaph, cenote

Origin of cenobite

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

OTHER WORDS FROM cenobite

ce·no·bit·ic

[see-nuh-bit-ik, sen-uh-] /ˌsi nəˈbɪt ɪk, ˌsɛn ə-/, ce·no·bit·i·cal, ce·no·bi·an

[si-noh-bee-uh n] /sɪˈnoʊ bi ən/, adjectivece·no·bit·i·cal·ly, adverbce·no·bit·ism

[see-nuh-bahy-tiz-uh m, sen-uh-] /ˈsi nəˌbaɪ tɪz əm, ˈsɛn ə-/, noun

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Examples from the Web for cenobite

He did not dine every day, and when he did it was a cenobite's meal, little suited to the taste of a true Englishman.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
And though the cenobite realises his personality, it is often an impoverished personality that he so realises.
Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man|Oscar Wilde
He retained his old habits as a cenobite, and even as a hermit.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould
Her neatness and the exquisite care she took of her person had in them little of the cenobite.
Pepita Ximenez|Juan Valera

But neither the life of a cenobite, nor the labours of a missionary could satisfy the aspirations of his soul after perfection.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for cenobite

cenobite

/ (ˈsiːnəʊˌbaɪt) /

noun

a variant spelling of coenobite

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cenobite

or coe·no·bite

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for cenobite

noun