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coenobitism

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cenobitism, coenobitism
the action of or motivation for becoming a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent. — cenobite, n. — cenobitic, adj.
See also: Monks and Nuns
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It thematizes the relations of desert and city, coenobitism and eremiticism, urbanization and solitude, while its doubled narrative structure variously images institutional religious agendas and the mediation of female spirituality by churchmen, being retold within the framework both of the monk Zosimas's encounter with this female hermit, and of her own quest and his witness to it.
The Legend of Mary of Egypt in Medieval Insular Hagiography by Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn / Medium Aevum
 
 
 
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