cenobite
noun
a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
Example Sentences
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His monastic rule definitely abandoned the eremitical ideal in favor of the cenobitical.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
The life St Basil established was strictly cenobitical, with common prayer seven times a day, common work, common meals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
From that time to the present day there have always been both eremitical and cenobitical Camaldolese, the latter approximating to ordinary Benedictine life.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
It was an attempt to unite the eremitical and cenobitical modes of life.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The chief monastery of the cenobitical Camaldolese is S. Gregorio on the Caelian Hill in Rome; they number less than forty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
