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Cenobite

One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

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Religious 76% connected

Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religi…

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Cenobitic 74% connected

Alt. of Cenobitical

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Cenobitic 74% connected

Alt. of Cenobitical

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Coenobite 92% connected

See Cenobite.

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Anachoretical adjective · 78% connection

See Anchoret, Anchoretic.

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Anchor noun · 78% connection

An anchoret.

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Anchorage noun · 78% connection

Abode of an anchoret.

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Anchoress noun · 78% connection

A female anchoret.

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Anchoretical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

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Anchoretism noun · 78% connection

The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

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Anchorite noun · 78% connection

One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.

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Ascetic noun · 78% connection

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

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Caloyer noun · 78% connection

A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.

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Cell noun · 78% connection

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Character witness noun · 78% connection

a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives

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Community noun · 78% connection

a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; "he was well known throughout t…

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Contenement noun · 78% connection

That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of lan…

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Conventual noun · 78% connection

One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.

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Countrywoman noun · 78% connection

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or…

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Devout verb · 78% connection

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

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Earth noun · 78% connection

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place o…

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Hermit noun · 78% connection

A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

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