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archimandrite

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/

Noun

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archimandrite (plural archimandrites)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
    • 2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 145:
      My predecessors generally preferred to live and work in the monastery proper, but I like the solitude of the caves. I have been an archimandrite, here at Pskov, since 1915 and a humble monk for twenty years before that.
  2. (Eastern Orthodoxy, rarely Catholicism) An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.

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Translations

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aʁ.ʃi.mɑ̃.dʁit/
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Noun

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archimandrite m (plural archimandrites)

  1. archimandrite

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