coenobite

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coenobite \coenobite\, Coenobite \C[oe]n"o*bite\(? or ?), n.
   a member of a religious order living in common. Same as
   {Cenobite}.
   [1913 Webster] coenobitic

from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

COENOBITE, n.  A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the
sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a
brotherhood of awful examples.

    O Coenobite, O coenobite,
        Monastical gregarian,
    You differ from the anchorite,
        That solitudinarian:
    With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick;
    With dropping shots he makes him sick.
                                                          Quincy Giles

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