different between coenobite vs cenobite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?n?ba?t/

Noun

coenobite (plural coenobites)

1. Alternative spelling of cenobite

English

Alternative forms

• coenobite
• cœnobite (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French cenobite or Ecclesiastical Latin coenob?ta, from coenobium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (koinóbion, “community life, convent”), from ?????? (koinós, “common”) + ???? (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?n??-b?t', s??n?-
• IPA^(key): /?si?n?ba?t/

Noun

cenobite (plural cenobites)

1. A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.
2. A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
3. (fiction) A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.

Translations

See also

• monk
• nun
• religious

Old French

Noun

cenobite m (oblique plural cenobites, nominative singular cenobites, nominative plural cenobite)

1. cenobite (monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude)

Descendants

• ? English: cenobite
• French: cénobite