Definitions for cenobite

cenobite ce·no·bite

Spelling: [see-nuh-bahyt, sen-uh-]
IPA: /ˈsi nəˌbaɪt, ˈsɛn ə-/

Cenobite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in cenobite (bceeinot).

Definitions for cenobite

noun

  1. a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.

Origin of cenobite

1630-40; Late Latin coenobīta, equivalent to coenob- (Greek koinóbios (adj.) conventual, living together, equivalent to koino- ceno-2

Examples for cenobite

He did not dine every day, and when he did it was a cenobite's meal, little suited to the taste of a true Englishman.

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

Gustave Moreau alone transposed her to paint—Moreau, too, was a cenobite of art.

Her neatness and the exquisite care she took of her person had in them little of the cenobite.

Like a cenobite's cell, too, my pavilion was not meant for a storehouse of worldly treasures.

He retained his old habits as a cenobite, and even as a hermit.

But neither the life of a cenobite, nor the labours of a missionary could satisfy the aspirations of his soul after perfection.

Word Value for cenobite
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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