cenoby
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A place where persons live in community.
Examples
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Her room had been the smallest and meanest in the old cenoby on Silver Street, with a ceiling that dripped at every shower; yet it had not been too small or too mean for a window past whose threadbare drape wisps of light crept on even the darkest nights.
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The cenoby kitchen seemed almost familiar, in part, he decided, because Maytera Marble had often mentioned this stove and this woodbox, these cupboards and this larder; and in part because it was, although cleaner, very much like his own.
Note
The word 'cenoby' comes ultimately from Greek roots meaning 'common' and 'life'.
