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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cenobite \Cen"o*bite\, n. [L. coenobita, fr Gr koino`bios; koino`s common + bi`os life: cf F. c['e]nobite.] One of a religious order dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. --Gibbon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cenobite n : a member of a religious order living in common [syn: {coenobite}] [ant: {eremite}]
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