'Cenobite' definitions:

Definition of 'cenobite'

From: WordNet
noun
A member of a religious order living in common [syn: cenobite, coenobite] [ant: eremite]

Definition of 'Cenobite'

From: GCIDE
  • Cenobite \Cen"o*bite\, n. [L. coenobita, fr. Gr. koino`bios; koino`s common + bi`os life: cf. F. c['e]nobite.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] Cenobitic

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