cenobite

Etymology

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

  1. 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. 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 418
  2. A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
  3. (fiction) A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.

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