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Definition of Coenobites
1. coenobite [n] - See also: coenobite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coenobites
Literary usage of Coenobites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Church from the Earliest Ages to the Reformation by George Waddington (1835)
"... or Essenes—The Ascetics—their real character and origin—The earliest Christian
hermits—dated from the Decian or Diocletian persecutions—coenobites. ..."
2. A Concise History of the Christian Church: From Its First Establishment to by George Gregory (1845)
"... of the real cross—Monks—St. Anthony—Their fanaticism extended to the female
sex—Hilarion—Basil—Ambrose—Martin of Tours—Different orders—coenobites ..."
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