Pachomius

American  

[puh-koh-mee-uhs] / pəˈkoʊ mi əs /

noun

1. Saint, a.d. 292?–348?, Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.

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Pachomius British  

/ pəˈkəʊmɪəs /

noun

1. Saint. ?290–346 _ad , Egyptian hermit; founder of the first Christian monastery (318). Feast day: May 14 or 15

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Other Word Forms

• Pachomian adjective

Example Sentences

Remoboth, rem′ō-both, n. a class of isolated hermit societies in Syria which would be bound by no rule, after the regulation of monasticism by Pachomius and Basil—like the Sarabaites in Egypt.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

After some years, the two hermits went together to the desert of the Thebaid and began the work to which God had called Pachomius, for Palemon died soon after.

From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

See, too, the sentiments of St. Pachomius, Vit. cap. xxvii.308.“Nec ulla res aliena magis quam publica.”

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

The monks of St. Pachomius prayed many times a-day.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie

Pachomius had been one of a body of young soldiers seized against their will and forced to fight in the wars between Constantine and Maxentius.

From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)