Cenobite

Pronunciation

• enPR: sÄ•nʹə-bÄ«t', sēʹnÉ™-
• IPA: /ˈsiːnÉ™baɪt/

Alternative forms

• coenobite

Origin

From Old French cenobite or Ecclesiastical Latin coenobita, from coenobium, from Ancient Greek κοινόβιον ("community life, convent"), from κοινός (koinos, "community") + βίος (bios, "life").

Full definition of cenobite

Noun

1. A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer
• 1980, Anthony Burgess, , page 418:Lamprecht knew very well how the war was going and was perfunctory in his rounding up of Jews and cenobites.
2. A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.