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Meaning of "coenobite" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COENOBITE

From Old French or ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek koinobion convent, from koinos common + bios life.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COENOBITE

ˈsiːnəʊˌbaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COENOBITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coenobite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COENOBITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cenobitic monasticism

Cenobitic monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life. Often in the West, the community belongs to a religious order and the life of the cenobitic monk is regulated by a religious rule, a collection of precepts. The older style of monasticism, to live as a hermit, is called eremitic; and a third form of monasticism, found primarily in the East, is the skete. The English words "cenobite" and "cenobitic" are derived, via Latin, from the Greek words koinos, "common", and bios, "life". The adjective can also be cenobiac. A group of monks living in community is often referred to as a "cenobium". Cenobitic monasticism exists in various religions, though Buddhist and Christian cenobitic monasticism are the most prominent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COENOBITE

backbite · brontobyte · cenobite · crossbite · exabyte · frostbite · gigabyte · Jacobite · kilobyte · lovebite · megabyte · Moabite · overbite · petabyte · snakebite · terabyte · trilobite · underbite · yottabyte · zettabyte

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COENOBITE

coenacle · coenact · coenaesthesia · coenaesthesis · coendure · coenenchyme · Coenesque · coenesthesia · coenesthesis · coenesthetic · coenobitic · coenobitical · coenobitism · coenobium · coenocyte · coenocytic · coenosarc · coenospecies · coenosteum · coenuri

WORDS THAT END LIKE COENOBITE

albite · bite · columbite · coquimbite · epistilbite · fleabite · his bark is worse than his bite · insect bite · love bite · mosquito bite · niobite · plumbite · rebite · Rechabite · sorbite · sound bite · soundbite · stilbite · tax bite · ytterbite

Synonyms and antonyms of coenobite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coenobite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COENOBITE

Find out the translation of coenobite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of coenobite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coenobite» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

coenobite
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cenobita
570 millions of speakers
en

English

coenobite
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

coenobite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

coenobite
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

инок
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cenobita
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মঠবাসী সংপ্রদায়ভুক্ত সন্ন্যাসী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

cénobite
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Coenobite
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

coenobite
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

coenobite
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

coenobite
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Coenobite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hợp ân si
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

துறவி மாடத்தில் வாழ்க்கையை மேற்கொள்ளும் துறவி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कॉननोबिट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

coenobite
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cenobita
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

coenobite
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

інок
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

coenobite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

coenobite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monnik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coenobite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coenobite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coenobite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COENOBITE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coenobite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COENOBITE»

Discover the use of coenobite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coenobite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Western Asceticism
They toil, not to offer their produce or earnings to the steward of the community, but to save money for themselves. See what a gulf lies between them. The coenobite takes no thought for the morrow, and offers God the most acceptable fruits of ...
Owen Chadwick, 1958
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
For this definition I am indebted to several estimable ladies who have the best means of information, their husbands being members of several clubs. Coenobite , n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; ...
Ambrose Bierce, David E. Schultz, S. T. Joshi, 2001
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The Early Church: Origins to the Dawn of the Middle Ages
... and Ephrem Syrus (ca. 306373) left hints of others in his poems. Manichaeism also had something to do with the founding of coenobite communities. According to Jerome, Hilarion, a discipline of Anthony, settled in Majuma about 306 (Life of  ...
E. G. Hinson, 2010
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The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition
Anita M. Bobe COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples. O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ ...
Ambrose Bierce, 2009
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Convent Spaces and Religious Women: A Look at a ...
44 From Anchorite to Coenobite One renowned anchorite was Abba (St.) Anthony (c. 251-356). At one time considered the father of anchorites, Anthony, an uneducated, yet wealthy Copt, was raised along the Nile River by Christian parents.45 ...
Elizabeth A. Jones, 2008
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The Devil's Dictionary of Ambrose Bierce - Complete and ...
Anita M. Bobe COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples. O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ ...
Ambrose Bierce, James H. Ford, 2010
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The Cynic's Dictionary
Anita M. Bobe COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples. O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ ...
Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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Slang Dictionaries
Anita M.Bobe COENOBITE, n.A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; andtokeep itfresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples. O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from  ...
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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The Discourses of Philoxenus, Bishop of Mabbogh, A. ...
Now thewarof the thoughtsisentirely unknown unto the worldly man,and because of this hedothnot overcome his lust with a mighty hand, but heministereth thereunto according tothe law, which is of nature; butthe coenobite hath not this power, ...
Philoxenus of Hierapolis
10
Researches in the highlands of Turkey: including visits to ...
into two classes, according to their different forms of government ; the one kind being Coenobite, where there is one warden or hegumen, and a common stock and common table ; the other the Idiorrhythmic, where "every- man is a rule to ...
Henry Fanshawe Tozer, 1869

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COENOBITE»

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1
Copping flak for careless words
... Coelostat: an astronomy tool, is pronounced SEE-luh-stat; Coenobite: a monastic person is SEE-nuh-bight; Coeliac: a disease, is SEE-lee-ak. «Radio New Zealand, May 15»
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Remembering Clive Barker's Hellraiser
From the first scene that has the female coenobite rearranging the pieces of 'Uncle Frank's' face like a jigsaw puzzle after his initial encounter ... «Den Of Geek, Aug 09»
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