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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