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Italian
Etymology
From ceno- + -bio.
Noun
cenobio m (plural cenobi)
- monastery, cenoby
- coenobium, colony (of microorganisms)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈnobjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈnobjo/
- Rhymes: -objo
- Syllabification: ce‧no‧bio
Noun
cenobio m (plural cenobios)
- (formal) monastery, coenoby
2015 July 24, “Otros caminos de Santiago”, in El País:De los muchos cenobios y pequeños monasterios que hubo en la comarca cántabra de Liébana durante la época en que parte de la península estaba en manos musulmanas y luego durante la Reconquista, uno adquirió especial protagonismo: el que regía una comunidad de benedictinos en torno a la figura de San Toribio de Turieno, en la ladera del monte Viorna, cerca de donde luego crecería Potes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (biology) coenobium
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