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COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness;

COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the
sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a
brotherhood of awful examples.

O Coenobite, O coenobite,
Monastical gregarian,
You differ from the anchorite,
That solitudinarian:
With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick;
With dropping shots he makes him sick.
Quincy Giles
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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