cenobitical

Variant of cenobite

noun

a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent

Origin: ME < LL(Ec) coenobita < coenobium, a cloister < Gr koinobion, communal life (in LGr(Ec), monastery), neut. of koinobios < koinos, common + bios: see bio-

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