cenobite

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The cenobite gave him a grim smile, but merely added his benedicite and passed on.

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And my soul is a sepulchre where I, Ill cenobite, have spent eternity: On the vile cloister walls no pictures rise.

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And though the cenobite realises his personality, it is often an impoverished personality that he so realises.

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They were seminaries where future senators, magistrates and officers, prelates, priests, and cenobites, &c., received their first, that is, the most important part of education.

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The faithlessness of wives—with no reference whatever to the faithlessness of husbands—is a favorite theme with these ancient cenobites.

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