cenobitical

  • 41cenobite — [sen′ə bīt΄, sē′nəbīt΄] n. [ME < LL(Ec) coenobita < coenobium, a cloister < Gr koinobion, communal life (in LGr(Ec), monastery), neut. of koinobios < koinos, common + bios: see BIO ] a member of a religious order living in a monastery …

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  • 42Pachomius — Pachomian, adj., n. /peuh koh mee euhs/, n. Saint, A.D. 292? 348?, Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism …

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