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archimandrite definition

archi·man·drite (är′kə man′drīt′)

noun

Eastern Orthodox Ch. the head of a monastery or of a number of monasteries

Etymology: LL(Ec) archimandrita < LGr(Ec) archimandritēs < archi-, arch- + mandra, monastery (in Gr, pen, stall)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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