cenobite
Meaninga common-life dweller
Common meaning: a monk in a community
- censhared, commonLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 440 · scan
- obiteliving (Greek bios)
Journey through time
- Greekκοινός‘shared, common’
- Latincanobita
- Englishcenobite‘a monk in a community’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek κοινός ‘shared, common’.
Roots
- κοινός Greek “shared, common”
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