cenobitism

English

Alternative forms

• coenobitism
• cœnobitism (obsolete)

Etymology

From cenobite +‎ -ism.

Noun

cenobitism (uncountable)

1. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
   • 1837, Alphonse de Lamartine, translated by Robert Huish, Travels in the Holy Land:

     The baides in which the early christians took refuge in the ages of cenobitism or of persecution

References

• “cenobitism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cénobitisme.

Noun

cenobitism n (uncountable)

1. cenobitism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cenobitism	cenobitismul
genitive-dative	cenobitism	cenobitismului
vocative	cenobitismule