Word of the Day: Cenobite
PRONUNCIATION: [sen-uh-byt]
MEANING:
noun: A member of a religious order living in a monastic community.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin coenobium (monastery), from Greek koinobion (convent), from koinos (common) + bios (life). Earliest documented use: before 1638.
USAGE: Even the other cenobites have been shafted into oblivion with him.
SYNONYMS: coenobite
PRONUNCIATION: [sen-uh-byt]
MEANING:
noun: A member of a religious order living in a monastic community.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin coenobium (monastery), from Greek koinobion (convent), from koinos (common) + bios (life). Earliest documented use: before 1638.
USAGE: Even the other cenobites have been shafted into oblivion with him.
SYNONYMS: coenobite
WORDS YOU MUST KNOW
Opprobrium | Bursiform | Elysian | Mithridatism | Kaffeeklatsch | Hebdomad|
Wakerife | Quadrennium | Nugacity | Cogent | Conterminous
