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Archimandrite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In church history, a chief of the mandrites or monks, answering to abbot in Europe.

Archimandrite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.

2. A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

Archimandrite Encyclopedia Britannica

ARCHIMANDRITE (from /χάνδρα, a fold, cloister, or convent), is a title in the Greek Church applied to a superior abbot, who has the supervision of several abbots and cloisters. The name has sometimes been applied generally to superiors of large convents. In Russia the bishops are selected from among the archimandrites. Although the title is peculiar to the Greek Church, it has found its way into Western Europe. It is used in Sicily, Hungary, and Poland, and has even been applied to bishops of the Latin Church.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2, p. 380
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