1) Abbe 2) Abbot
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1) Abbot 2) An abbot 3) Superior 4) The head of a monastery
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The title Archimandrite (Greek: ἀρχιμανδρίτης - archimandrites), primarily used in the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic churches, originally referred to a superior abbot whom a bishop appointed to supervise several `ordinary` abbots (each styled hegumenos) and monasteries, or to the abbot of some especially great and impor.....
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head of a monastery or convent
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• (n.) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. • (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.
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In the Eastern Orthodox Church, originally an
abbot; the title is often given to the celibate clergy from whom the Orthodox episcopate is recruited. ...
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Ar`chi·man'drite noun [ Latin
archimandrita , LGr. ...; prefix ... (E.
arch- ) + ... an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.]
(Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to
abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
(b) A superintendent...
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In the Greek Church, an Archimandrite is an abbot or abbot-general, who has the superintendence of many abbots and convents.
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a senior churchman, usually the abbot of a large monastery.
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the head of a monastery; an abbot. · a superior abbot, having charge of several monasteries. · a title given to distinguished celibate priests.
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