archimandrite

N เจ้าอาวาส  chao-ar-wad

ARCHIMANDRITE

n.[from mandrite, a Syriac word for monk. ] In church history, a chief of the mandrites or monks, answering to abbot in Europe.

ARCHIMANDRITE

Ar `chi *man "drite, n. Etym: [L. archimandrita, LGr. arch- ) + (Gr. Church ) (a ) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b ) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

archimandrite

ar chi man drite |ˌärkəˈmanˌdrīt ˌɑrkəˈmændraɪt | ▶noun the head of a large monastery or group of monasteries in the Orthodox Church. • an honorary title given to a monastic priest. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhimandritēs, from arkhi- ‘chief ’ + mandra ‘monastery. ’

archimandrite

archimandrite |ˌɑːkɪˈmandrʌɪt | ▶noun the superior of a large monastery or group of monasteries in the Orthodox Church. • an honorary title given to a monastic priest. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhimandritēs, from arkhi- ‘chief ’ + mandra ‘monastery ’.