Cenobitical Synonyms

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cenobitic
Of or pertaining to a cenobite
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coenobitic
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
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coenobitical
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
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  • He declared that the cenobitical life is superior to the eremitical; that fasting and austerities should not interfere with prayer or work; that work should form an integral part of the monastic life, not merely as an occupation, but for its own sake and in order to do good to others; and therefore that monasteries should be near towns.

  • The life St Basil established was strictly cenobitical, with common prayer seven times a day, common work, common meals.

  • The Vallombrosians (1038) near Florence maintained a cenobitical life, but eliminated every element of Benedictine life that was not devoted to pure contemplation.

  • It is a curious coincidence that the sister of each of the three great cenobitical founders, Pachomius, Basil and Benedict, was a nun and ruled a community of nuns according to an adaptation of her brother's rule for monks.

  • The life was fully cenobitical, regulated in all details by minute rules, and with prayer and meals in common.

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