Cenobite

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  • noun. A member of a convent or other religious community.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of a religious order living in a convent or in community; a monk: opposed to anchoret or hermit (one who lives in solitude).
  • noun. A social bee.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer
  • noun. A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a member of a religious order living in common
  • Word Usage
    "Gawie Hough, 42, battered twin months after the former driver of his cenobite Deon, 41, in danger him with the words: "I'll show we what we can do with the white man.""
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