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CENOBITIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cenobitic mean? 

CENOBITIC (adjective)
  The adjective CENOBITIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal livingplay

  Familiarity information: CENOBITIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENOBITIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cenobitic; cenobitical; coenobitic; coenobitical

Antonym:

eremitic (of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living)

Pertainym:

cenobite (a member of a religious order living in common)

Derivation:

cenobite (a member of a religious order living in common)


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