cenobite
Example Sentences
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Thinner, much older, his long, spidery arms, almost colorless blond hair and eroded features gave him the air of a cenobite who had escaped from some Scandinavian wilderness into life.
From Melomaniacs by James Huneker
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 Philip Van Ness Myers
He pushed his quarrels to the death, yet prayed The saints as fervently on bended knees As ever shaven cenobite.
From Poems by William Cullen Bryant
And though the cenobite realises his personality, it is often an impoverished personality that he so realises.
From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde
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 Robert B. (Robert Bruce) Douglas
