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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a member of a religious order living in common;
[syn: cenobite, coenobite]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

coenobite \coenobite\, Coenobite \C[oe]n"o*bite\(? or ?), n. a member of a religious order living in common. Same as Cenobite. [1913 Webster] coenobitic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coenobite n 1: a member of a religious order living in common [syn: cenobite, coenobite] [ant: eremite]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples. O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from the anchorite, That solitudinarian: With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick; With dropping shots he makes him sick. Quincy Giles