cœnobitic, cen-, a.
(siːnəʊˈbɪtɪk, sɛn-)
[f. prec. + -ic: cf. F. cénobitique.]
Pertaining to a cœnobite; relating to, or of the nature of, a monastic community.
| 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Pref. ¶35 In the Cœnobiticke life of the first Christians..they had all things in common. 1834 Coleridge Lit. Rem. 31 May, The old cœnobitic establishments of England. 1875 Stubbs Const. Hist. I. viii. 231 Churches which had lost much of the cenobitic character. |