a. [f. prec. + -IC: cf. F. cénobitique.] Pertaining to a cœnobite; relating to, or of the nature of, a monastic community.
1649. Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., Pref. ¶ 35. In the Cœnobiticke life of the first Christians and Apostles, they had all things in common.
1834. Coleridge, Lit. Rem., 31 May. The old cœnobitic establishments of England.
1875. Stubbs, Const. Hist., I. viii. 231. Churches which had lost much of the cenobitic character.
