Dictionary

archimandrite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/
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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”).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
   • 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. (qualifier:Eastern Orthodoxy, rare) An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.

Forms

Deriveds

archimandrital

Translations (22)

sh episkop (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · sh arhimandrit (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · bg архимандрит (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · el αρχιμανδρίτης (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · gl arquimandrita (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · ka არქიმანდრიტი (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · hu arkimandrita (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · ja 掌院 (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · uk архімандрит (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · fi arkkimandriitta (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · ru архимандри́т (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · de Archimandrit (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · es archimandrita (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · pt arquimandrita (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · mk архимандрит (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · ro arhimandrit (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · pl archimandryta (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · sv arkimandrit (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · pl archimandryta (An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest) · it archimandrita (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · la archimandrita (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church) · fr archimandrite (The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church)