cenobiteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French cenobite or Ecclesiastical Latin coenobīta, from coenobium, from Ancient Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “community life, convent”), from κοινός (koinós, “common”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

発音

• enPR: sĕnʹə-bīt', sēʹnə-bīt'
• IPA: /ˈsɛn.əˌbaɪt/, /ˈsiː.nəˌbaɪt/

名詞

cenobite (plural cenobites)

1. A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 418:

     Lamprecht knew very well how the war was going and was perfunctory in his rounding up of Jews and cenobites.

2. A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.

   Coordinate term: eremite

3. (fiction) A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.

派生語

参考

• monk
• nun
• religious