cenobite

Definitions


[ˈsiːnəbʌɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of a monastic community


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French cenobite or ecclesiastical Latin coenobita, via late Latin from Greek koinobion ‘convent’, from koinos ‘common’ + bios ‘life’




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