Definition of coenobium
plural coenobia
or cenobia
\-ēə\
1
:cenoby
2
plural -s
or less commonly
coenobe
or
cenobe
\ˈsē(ˌ)nōb, ˈse(ˌ)-\
[New Latin, from Late Latin]
:a usually spherical colony of unicellular organisms surrounded by a common investment;
especially
:a colony having a definite number and specific arrangement of cells 
