Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A celibate priest ranking below a bishop.
- noun The head of a monastery or a group of monasteries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Eastern Church, an abbot-general, having other abbots (hegoumenoi) with their monasteries under his superintendence; also sometimes, especially among the Greeks, the abbot of a single large monastery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chief of a monastery, corresponding to
abbot in the Roman Catholic church. - noun A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to
superior abbot , orfather provincial , in the Roman Catholic church.
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- noun The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
- noun An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic
priest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the superior of an abbey of monks
Etymologies
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There was an intermediate period (from about the sixth to the ninth centuries) during which the title archimandrite was given as a purely personal honour to certain hegumenoi without involving any exemption from the monastery.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Originally there seems to have been no appreciable difference in the signification of these two words, but after the period of Justinian the title archimandrite was jealously reserved for the superiors of the older or of the more important monasteries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The archimandrite was the center of the Union, but Hurkyl was one of the keystones of that group, as well as Feldon and, despite himself, Drafna.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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The archimandrite was the center of the Union, but Hurkyl was one of the keystones of that group, as well as Feldon and, despite himself, Drafna.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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The laurœ, and convents, had each its own superior, sometimes called archimandrite, and sometimes hegumenos, terms synonymous in the beginning, but soon differentiated.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Asia Minor and among the Greeks generally he was called archimandrite
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The title "archimandrite" appears to be given now to abbots of the more important monasteries and also sometimes as a personal title of distinction to others.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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And he remembered all whom he had injured, and desired to make them restitution; he began to give away money without stint, so that his wife and the archimandrite even had to restrain him; “for that is enough,” they said.
A Raw Youth 2003
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And everything, one may say, was at his beck and call, and even those in authority hindered him in nothing, and the archimandrite thanked him for his zeal: he gave freely of his substance to the monastery, and when the fit came upon him he sighed and groaned over his soul and was troubled not a little over the life to come.
A Raw Youth 2003
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The archimandrite marvelled, but with that he went away.
A Raw Youth 2003
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