cenobite

• Nom désignant un membre d'une communauté religieuse vivant en commun, par opposition à un ermite ou à un anachorète.

A noun referring to a member of a religious order who lives in a communal setting, as opposed to a hermit or anchorite.

1. Monastic community memberC2formal

   A person who lives in a religious community, typically a monk or nun, following a shared rule of life.

   Membre d'une communauté monastique

   • The cenobite spent his days in prayer and manual labor within the monastery walls.
   • Unlike hermits, cenobites live together in a structured religious community.
   • The ancient cenobites of the desert followed strict communal rules.

   Synonymescoenobiteconventualmonasticmonkreligious

   Antonymesanchoriteeremitehermit