See Also: archimandrite(medicine)
archimandrite(dictionary)

archimandrite (iou)



archimandrite noun. M17.
[French, or ecclesiastical Latin archimandrita from ecclesiastical Greek arkhimandrites, from arkhi- ARCHI- + mandra enclosure, stable, monastery: see -ITE1.]
The superior of a large monastery in the Orthodox Church; also used as an honorary title of a monastic priest.