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CENOBITIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cenobitic mean?
• CENOBITIC (adjective)
The adjective CENOBITIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
Familiarity information: CENOBITIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cenobitic; cenobitical; coenobitic; coenobitical
Antonym:
eremitic (of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living)
Pertainym:
cenobite (a member of a religious order living in common)
Derivation:
cenobite (a member of a religious order living in common)
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