Coenobites

The meridian demon was upon him; he was possessed by that bored and hopeless post-prandial melancholy which the coenobites of old knew and feared under the name of "accidie." ❋ Aldous Huxley (1928)

The meridian demon was upon him; he was possessed by that bored and hopeless post-prandial melancholy which the coenobites of old knew and feared under the name of ❋ Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 (1921)

The members of these orders commenced their monastic life in monasteries, and were therefore coenobites, but many of them passed out of the cloister to become teachers, preachers or missionary workers in various fields. ❋ Alfred Wesley Wishart (1899)

The life of the monks was ascetic, but without the extreme rigour of the earlier "religious" -- hermits and coenobites. ❋ William Holden Hutton (1895)

The number of young men here who, like the coenobites of old, lead the purely contemplative life is enormous. ❋ Henry James (1879)