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coenobitism

coenobitism is the alternative form 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

Origin of coenobitism

From coenobite + -ism.

Questions about coenobitism

What is coenobitism the alternative form of?
Coenobitism is the alternative form of cenobitism.

Words near coenobitism in the dictionary

  1. coenobites
  2. coenobitic
  3. coenobitical
  4. coenobitid
  5. coenobitids
  6. coenobitism
  7. coenobium
  8. coenobiums
  9. coenoblast
  10. coenoblastic
  11. coenoblasts

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