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Relief, by itself, had no real value Good and Evil each made their own laments While mourners and wailers cried for the death of an innocent young woman, so did the monks at Halls, cry and mourn for the brutal death of their best and most respected Cardinal Allen As it was; a customary show of respect to a dearly-departed coenobite, a pure woman was chosen to be entombed with the body.

—Scorched Earth

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noun Variant of cenobite.

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Relief, by itself, had no real value Good and Evil each made their own laments While mourners and wailers cried for the death of an innocent young woman, so did the monks at Halls, cry and mourn for the brutal death of their best and most respected Cardinal Allen As it was; a customary show of respect to a dearly-departed coenobite, a pure woman was chosen to be entombed with the body. — Scorched Earth
They were scarred and bruised and Dearborne's body was violated by each and every coenobite, hurting her to the point where she could hardly walk, or even stand Their faces were pale and drawn with blackish-blue rings circling their protruding eyes. — Scorched Earth
For a time he tasted the life of the anchorite and the coenobite. — The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003
In company with Alypius and Nebridius, he sincerely lamented that this fair dream of coenobite life was impracticable. — Saint Augustin
It was a new light to him, for, as his instructor suspected, he shared the common view of coenobite aims, and still but imperfectly understood the law of Benedict. — Veranilda