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CENOBITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cenobite mean?
• CENOBITE (noun)
The noun CENOBITE has 1 sense:
1. a member of a religious order living in common
Familiarity information: CENOBITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a religious order living in common
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cenobite; coenobite
Hypernyms ("cenobite" is a kind of...):
religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)
Antonym:
eremite (a Christian recluse)
Derivation:
cenobitic; cenobitical (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)
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