Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CEN'O-BITE
CEN'A-TO-RYCEN-O-BIT'IC, or CEN-O-BIT'IC-AL
CEN'O-BITE, n. [Gr. κοινοβιοτης, a community, from κοινος, common, and βιος, life, βιοω, to live.]
One of a religious order, who live in a convent, or in community; in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. – Encyc.
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