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noun (cenobite, s)
- A member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer
- 1980: Lamprecht knew very well how the war was going and was perfunctory in his rounding up of Jews and cenobites. " Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
Etymology: From Old French cénobite or ecclesiastical Latin coenobita, from coenobium, from Greek "community life, convent", from "community" + "life".
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