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cenobite

noun as in monastic

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The cenobite gave him a grim smile, but merely added his benedicite and passed on.

And my soul is a sepulchre where I, Ill cenobite, have spent eternity: On the vile cloister walls no pictures rise.

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

They were seminaries where future senators, magistrates and officers, prelates, priests, and cenobites, &c., received their first, that is, the most important part of education.

The faithlessness of wives—with no reference whatever to the faithlessness of husbands—is a favorite theme with these ancient cenobites.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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