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archimandrite
[ ahr-kuh-man-drahyt ]
noun
- the head of a monastery; an abbot.
- a superior abbot, having charge of several monasteries.
- a title given to distinguished celibate priests.
archimandrite
/ ˌɑːkɪˈmændraɪt /
noun
- Greek Orthodox Church the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
Word History and Origins
Origin of archimandrite1
Word History and Origins
Origin of archimandrite1
Example Sentences
The archimandrite, or top religious official, of the Assumption Cathedral in Kherson in southern Ukraine attended a ceremony in the Kremlin in which Russia claimed to annex the Kherson province as part of Russia.
It found yet more decided expression in the dogmatic handbook of Theophylact, archimandrite of Moscow, published in a.d.
In Russia the bishops are commonly selected from the archimandrites.
Father Hyacinthe, the Russian archimandrite at Peking, published a translation of this sort of geography of Thibet.
One of my regrets on leaving St. Petersburg was my not having done the archimandrite's portrait, for I believe no painter could ever meet with a finer model.
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