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[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