cenobite

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About the close of the fourth century the cenobite system was introduced into Europe, and in an astonishingly short space of time spread throughout all the western countries where Christianity had gained a foothold.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

He pushed his quarrels to the death, yet prayed The saints as fervently on bended knees As ever shaven cenobite.

From Poems by Bryant, William Cullen

There, in Camaldoli, Romuald built a monastery, "and by several observances he added to St. Benedict's rule, gave birth to a new Order, in which he united the cenobite and eremetical life."

From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward

And though the cenobite realises his personality, it is often an impoverished personality that he so realises. 

From The Soul of Man under Socialism by Wilde, Oscar

Brother Paphnutius, I am but a miserable sinner, but I have found, in my long life, that the cenobite has no foe worse than sadness.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)