A man less in harmony with coenobitical enthusiasm than this warrior prelate, could scarcely have been found. From Wordnik.com. [New Italian sketches] Reference
Tabennae on the Nile, in Upper Egypt, however, St. Pachomius laid the foundations of the coenobitical life, arranging everything in an organized manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Even in Africa, as the rule of St. Pachomius and the writings of Cassion clearly show, the maintenance of the ideal of coenobitical life was in some measure dependent upon the use of books. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
St. Anthony introduced one form of community life the eremitical when, about the year A.D. 305, he undertook the direction and organization of the multitude of hermits who had gathered about him in the Thebaid; a second -- the coenobitical, or conventual, type of monachism -- was instituted by St. Pachomius, who, about the same time, founded his first coenobium, or conventual monastery, at Tabennae in the far south of Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
“On Tuesday the 17th curt. stilo novo, I hold a coenobitical symposion at Monkbarns, and pray you to assist thereat, at four o’clock precisely. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary] Reference
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