cenobite
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cenobite
- /ˈsɛn.əˌbaɪt/
- /ˈsiː.nəˌbaɪt/
Where it comes from
From Old French cenobite or Ecclesiastical Latin coenobīta, from coenobium, from Ancient Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “community life, convent”), from κοινός (koinós, “common”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
noun cenobites · coenobite · cœnobite
- A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer. Lamprecht knew very well how the war was going and was perfunctory in his rounding up of Jews and cenobites.
- A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude. To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its nature. The prisoner and the cenobite are aware that the herd exists beyond their exile; they are an aspect of it. But when the herd no longer exists, there is, for the herd creature, no longer entity. He is a part of no
- A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.
Translations
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noun monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude
| Español | cenobita |
|---|---|
| Português | cenobita |
| Français | cénobite |
| Italiano | cenobita |
| Ελληνικά | κοινοβίτης koinovítis, κοινοβιάτης koinoviátis |
| Русский | кинови́т kinovít |
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title = {cenobite},
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