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archimandrite

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ar⋅chi⋅man⋅drite

  [ahr-kuh-man-drahyt]
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–noun Eastern Church.
1. the head of a monastery; an abbot.
2. a superior abbot, having charge of several monasteries.
3. a title given to distinguished celibate priests.
Origin:
1585–95; < LL archimandrīta < LGk archimandrtēs abbot, equiv. to Gk archi- archi- + LGk mándr(a) monastery (Gk: fold, enclosure) + -ītēs -ite 1
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ar·chi·man·drite   (är'kə-mān'drīt')   
n.   Eastern Orthodox Church

  1. A cleric ranking below a bishop.

  2. The head of a monastery or a group of monasteries.

  3. Used as an honorific title for an unmarried priest.


[Late Latin archimandrīta, from Late Greek arkhimandrītēs : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Late Greek mandra, monastery (from Greek, cattle pen).]
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