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archimandrite

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/ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/

Definition of archimandrite

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. (rare)An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.

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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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