Eremitical life refers to the solitary lifestyle of hermits who live in isolation, devoting themselves to prayer and meditation. Cenobitic life, on the other hand, refers to a communal monastic lifestyle where individuals live together in a community, sharing resources and participating in common prayer and work.

Because the individual cells of the honey comb reminded people of monastic cells: all individual, but grouped together? The "cenobitic" style of monasticism?

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern ----BI--C. That is, nine letter words with 5th letter B and 6th letter I and 9th letter C. In alphabetical order, they are:

cenobitic

phlebitic