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Miscellaneous words

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cenobite

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SEN-uh-byt, SEEN-)

MEANING:

noun: A member of a religious order living in a monastic community. (Also see eremite and anchorite.)

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin coenobium (monastery), from Greek koinobion (convent), from koinos (common) + bios (life). Earliest documented use: before 1638.

USAGE:

"He knew a fellow cenobite when he saw one. There was no religious meditation involved, but they were both alone in places where they should not have been alone."
Elizabeth George; Careless in Red; Harper; 2009.

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