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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

/ ˌɑ˰ìɪˈ³¾Ã¦²Ô»å°ù²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. Greek Orthodox Church the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of archimandrite1

1585–95; < Late Latin ²¹°ù³¦³ó¾±³¾²¹²Ô»å°ùÄ«³Ù²¹ < Late Greek ²¹°ù³¦³ó¾±³¾²¹²Ô»å°ùī̳Ùŧ²õ abbot, equivalent to Greek archi- archi- + Late Greek ³¾Ã¡²Ô»å°ù ( a ) monastery ( Greek: fold, enclosure) + -Ä«³Ùŧ²õ -ite 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of archimandrite1

C16: from Late Latin ²¹°ù³¦³ó¾±³¾²¹²Ô»å°ùÄ«³Ù²¹, from Late Greek ²¹°ù°ì³ó¾±³¾²¹²Ô»å°ù¾±³Ùŧ²õ, from archi- + mandra monastery
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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.

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

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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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