cenobite

He retained his old habits as a cenobite, and even as a hermit.

He did not dine every day, and when he did it was a cenobite's meal, little suited to the taste of a true Englishman.

But neither the life of a cenobite, nor the labours of a missionary could satisfy the aspirations of his soul after perfection.

Gustave Moreau alone transposed her to paint—Moreau, too, was a cenobite of art.

Her neatness and the exquisite care she took of her person had in them little of the cenobite.