cenobitic
Americanadjective
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Eleven of the Athonite monasteries are cenobitic, holding to the strict monastic ideals of early Christendom.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the following passage Basil points out the advantages of the cenobitic life over the solitary or hermit life.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
Thus, step by step, organized or cenobitic monasticism easily and naturally came into existence.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
Thanks to the persecution of the year 37, the cenobitic Church of Jerusalem was saved from the test of time.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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