archimandrite

[ ahr-kuh-man-drahyt ]

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.

archimandrite

/ ˌɑːkɪˈmændraɪt /

noun

1. Greek Orthodox Church the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries

Word History and Origins

Origin of archimandrite¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of archimandrite¹

C16: from Late Latin archimandrīta, from Late Greek arkhimandritēs, from archi- + mandra monastery

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.

From New York Times

It found yet more decided expression in the dogmatic handbook of Theophylact, archimandrite of Moscow, published in a.d.

From Project Gutenberg

In Russia the bishops are commonly selected from the archimandrites.

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Father Hyacinthe, the Russian archimandrite at Peking, published a translation of this sort of geography of Thibet. 

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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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