archimandrite

Definitions

1. The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
2. An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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