cenobite
Example Sentences
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He pushed his quarrels to the death, yet prayed The saints as fervently on bended knees As ever shaven cenobite.
From Poems by William Cullen Bryant
Thinner, much older, his long, spidery arms, almost colorless blond hair and eroded features gave him the air of a cenobite who had escaped from some Scandinavian wilderness into life.
From Melomaniacs by James Huneker
The cenobite gave him a grim smile, but merely added his benedicite and passed on.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
His life long he was morbidly nervous, as was Meryon, as was Cézanne; but he was neither half mad, like the great etcher, nor a cenobite, as was the painter of Aix.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
Her neatness and the exquisite care she took of her person had in them little of the cenobite.
From Pepita Ximenez by Juan Valera
