单词 | cœnobite |
释义 | cœnobitecenobiten. A member of a religious order living in a community; opposed to an anchoret, who lives in solitude. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > coenobite > [noun] cœnobitea1638 synodite1862 a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iii. 688 Cœnobites which live in society. 1776–88 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall xxxvii. (R.) The monks were divided into two classes: the cœnobites..and the anachorets. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. i. 109 The progress from single monks to cenobites. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine i. i. 50 The anchorites and cœnobites were drawn by the sight of these wild mountains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1638 |
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