Relating to or characteristic of a community of people living together under religious rules, especially monks.
From Greek koinobios plus the adjective-forming suffix -ic. Entered English in the 17th century to describe monastic practices based on communal living.
The cenobitic lifestyle literally created the modern monastery system—when monks decided to live together instead of alone, they invented schedules, chores, shared meals, and common spaces that still define how we structure communal living today.
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