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单词 cenobium
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Definition of cenobium in English:

cenobium

(also coenobium)
nounPlural cenobiasəˈnəʊbɪəmsəˈnōbēəm
  • A monastery.

    many pilgrims flocked to the cenobium in search of the monk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Often individual anchorites were attached to a cenobium, where they might return for communal worship.
    • One year after the founding of the monastery of the Cave, Sabas established another cenobium, later named after its first abbot, John Scholarius.
    • Most monks will remain in the cenobium.
    • All the brothers begged pardon from him for their previous ignorance and they brought him back to his own cenobium.
    • Yet communal life in the cenobium brought "the world" into the monastery, which became its microcosm.
    Synonyms
    religious house, religious community

Origin

Early 19th century: ecclesiastical Latin coenobium, from Greek koinobion 'community life, convent', from koinos 'common' + bios 'life'.

 
 

Definition of cenobium in US English:

cenobium

(also coenobium)
nounsəˈnōbēəm
  • A monastery.

    many pilgrims flocked to the cenobium in search of the monk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One year after the founding of the monastery of the Cave, Sabas established another cenobium, later named after its first abbot, John Scholarius.
    • Most monks will remain in the cenobium.
    • All the brothers begged pardon from him for their previous ignorance and they brought him back to his own cenobium.
    • Often individual anchorites were attached to a cenobium, where they might return for communal worship.
    • Yet communal life in the cenobium brought "the world" into the monastery, which became its microcosm.
    Synonyms
    religious house, religious community

Origin

Early 19th century: ecclesiastical Latin coenobium, from Greek koinobion ‘community life, convent’, from koinos ‘common’ + bios ‘life’.

 
 
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