coenobite

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 263 words | Copyright

coenobite member of a religious order living in a community. XVII. — (O)F. cénobite or ecclL. cœnobīta, f. cœnobium — Gr. koinóbion community life, (eccl.) convent, f. koinós common + bios life (cf. QUICK); see -ITE.

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