cenobite n 1: a member of a religious order living in common [syn: {cenobite}, {coenobite}] [ant: {eremite}]
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. [1913 Webster] Cenobitic