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cœnobitism

cœnobitism is the obsolete spelling of cenobitism.

Meaning of cenobitism

Noun

cenobitism (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
    • The baides in which the early christians took refuge in the ages of cenobitism or of persecution1837, Alphonse de Lamartine, translated by Robert Huish, Travels in the Holy Land

Questions about cœnobitism

What is cœnobitism the obsolete spelling of?
Cœnobitism is the obsolete spelling of cenobitism.

Words near cœnobitism in the dictionary

  1. cœnobiarches
  2. cœnobite
  3. cœnobites
  4. cœnobitic
  5. cœnobitical
  6. cœnobitism
  7. cœnobium
  8. cœnobiums
  9. cœnogamy
  10. cœnosarc
  11. cœnosarcs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cœnobitism (page history and authors); cenobitism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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