archimandrite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
archimandrite (plural archimandrites)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy, rarely Catholicism) An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.
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Translations[edit]
The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church
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An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
archimandrite m (plural archimandrites)
Further reading[edit]
- “archimandrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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