coenobite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- coenobitic adjective
- coenobitical adjective
- coenobitism noun
Etymology
Origin of coenobite
C17: from Old French or ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek koinobion convent, from koinos common + bios life
Example Sentences
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The coenobite army watched-on also but they didn't display concern for Orren.
From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.
It was a new light to him, for, as his instructor suspected, he shared the common view of coenobite aims, and still but imperfectly understood the law of Benedict.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from the anchorite, That solitudinarian: With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick; With dropping shots he makes him sick.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
For a time he tasted the life of the anchorite and the coenobite.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden
Manguino asked that question of each coenobite at Halls, from the Cardinals that ranked just beneath him, to the novices and children training in the monastery.
From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.
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