coenobitic
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
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