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Archimandrite

//ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

    "My predecessors generally preferred to live and work in the monastery proper, but I like the solitude of the caves. I have been an archimandrite, here at Pskov, since 1915 and a humble monk for twenty years before that."

  2. 2
    the superior of an abbey of monks wordnet
  3. 3
    An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest. rare

Etymology

Borrowed from French archimandrite, from Latin archimandrīta, from late Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “highest”) + μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosure, cloister, monastery”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of”).

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