cen.
1
central.
2
century.
1649 Jer. TaylorGt. Exemp.Pref. ⁋35In the Cœnobiticke life of the first Christians..they had all things in common.
1834 Coleridge Lit. Rem. 31 May,The old cœnobitic establishments of England.
1875 Stubbs Const.Hist. I. viii. 231Churches which had lost much of the cenobitic character.
cen-
I.
or ceno-
— see coen-
II.combining form
or ceno- or caen- or caeno-
Etymology: Greek kain-, kaino-, from kainos new — more at recent
1. : recent
< cenozoic >
2. : novel
< cenogenesis >
I.
or ceno-
— see coen-
II.
or ceno- or caen- or caeno-
1.
< cenozoic >
2.
< cenogenesis >
cen-
Prefix
- most recent common —
Etymology
An intentional conflation of the Ancient Greek roots καινός (kainós, “new”, “recent”) and κοινός (koinós, “common”).