cenobite

Meaning

Noun

• A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.
• A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
• A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.

Origin

• From Old French cenobite or Ecclesiastical Latin coenobīta, from coenobium, from Ancient Greek κοινόβιον ("community life, convent"), from κοινός + βίος.