coenobitic

Thân thiện

A monk lives a coenobitic life in a peaceful monastery.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to cenobites or their communal way of life: Describes anything pertaining to or characteristic of cenobites, who are members of a religious order living together in a community, as opposed to living alone as hermits.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The monastery followed a strict coenobitic rule, requiring all monks to eat, work, and pray together.
  • Her research focused on the coenobitic traditions of early Christian monasticism.

Advanced Usage

• "coenobitic life": The communal lifestyle itself.
  • He found spiritual fulfillment in the coenobitic life of the abbey.
• "coenobitic community": A group living under such communal rules.
  • The coenobitic community was self-sufficient, producing its own food and clothing.

Variants and Related Words

• Cenobitic (adj): An alternative, more common spelling of "coenobitic". The meanings are identical.
• Cenobite (n): A member of a monastic community living under a common rule.
• Coenobite (n): An alternative spelling of "cenobite".
• Cenobitical (adj): A less common variant adjective form.
• Coenobium (n): The community or monastery where cenobites live.

Synonyms

• Communal: Shared by all members of a community.
• Monastic: Relating to monks, nuns, or monasteries; often implies a disciplined, communal life.
• Conventual: Relating to or characteristic of a convent or communal life in a religious order.

Antonyms

• Eremitic (or Anchoritic): Relating to a hermit; characterized by solitary religious life.
• Solitary: Done or existing alone.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living

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