archimandrite
Americannoun
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the head of a monastery; an abbot.
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a superior abbot, having charge of several monasteries.
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a title given to distinguished celibate priests.
noun
Etymology
Origin of archimandrite
1585–95; < Late Latin archimandrīta < Late Greek archimandrī́tēs abbot, equivalent to Greek archi- archi- + Late Greek mándr ( a ) monastery ( Greek: fold, enclosure) + -ītēs -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Then we took a carriage, and Mamma went to the Russian priest's, the archimandrite Alexander.
From Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) by Bashkirtseff, Marie
One of them was already a bishop, another an archimandrite and on the way to become a bishop.
From The Forged Coupon by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
In this he was supported at Constantinople by Chrysaphius, the all-powerful minister of the weak Theodosius II, and the archimandrite Eutyches, the godfather of the minister.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
A tall thick-set deacon walked before me with a long red candle; the grey-headed archimandrite in his golden mitre hurried after him with the censer.
From The Bishop and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
"I don't believe the archimandrite allowed you so much as a smell of corn-brandy," continued Taras.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
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