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Monks. So called because they live in common. Hermits and anchorites are not cenobites, as they live alone. (Greek, koinŏbiõtes.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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