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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cœnobium .
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Bandini noticed, also, that cenobium replaced a shorter word and that the last five letters of salvatoris were written on parchment that had not been erased, and so that the ten letters of this word replaced five of the original word.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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St. Basil's authority was equal to St. Anthony's among the leaders of Palestinian monasticism; yet they took it as a matter of course that life in the laura was the most perfect, though under ordinary circumstances it should not be entered upon before an apprenticeship had been served in a cenobium.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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On Saturday they brought their work to the cenobium, where, after receiving Holy Communion on Sundays, they partook of some cooked food and a little wine.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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That of St. Gerasimus, with its cenobium already referred to, may be taken as a typical example.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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It ocnsisted of a cenobium where the cenobitic life was practised by novices and others less proficient.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Palestine, at the end of the fourth century, began to supersede Egypt as the centre of monasticism, and in Palestine the laura and the cenobium were in perfect harmony.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Quo modo et a quibus cenobium S. Mariae Eboraci fundatum fit, et quantas invidorum perturbationes impulfum fuftinuerat, fed Dei protegente gratia magis ac magis au6tum et multipli - catum fuerat; autore S.ephano ejufdem cenobii abbate.
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Anthony: "If a monk you must be, go to a cenobium.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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When some of them asked to be allowed to heat some water, that they might cook some food and to have a lamp to read by, they were told that if they wished to live thus they had better take up their abode in the cenobium (Acta SS.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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