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Cenobitic
(redirected from Cenobium)

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cen·o·bite also coen·o·bite  (sn-bt, sn-)
n.
A member of a convent or other religious community.

[Middle English, from Late Latin coenobta, from coenobium, convent, from Greek koinobion, from koinobios, living in community : koinos, common; see kom in Indo-European roots + bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

ceno·bitic (-btk), ceno·biti·cal adj.
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Adj.1.cenobitic - of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
eremitic, eremitical - of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities"


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The anonymous Frisian crusader recalled his positive first impression of the shrine to Henry of Bonn thus: To the east, outside the city, is a venerable cenobium where a beautiful palm rose into the air from the sepulchre of a martyr of Christ and leader of the Christian soldiers, Lord Popteto Ulvinga, who had changed his name to Henry.
 
 
 
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