archimandrite
noun/ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/
Etymology 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”).
1
The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
Eastern Orthodoxy
- 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.2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 145:
2
Catholicism, Christianity Rare An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.
Eastern Orthodoxy
- Derived terms
- archimandrital