| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| archimandrite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·chi·man·drite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k -m n dr t |
| NOUN: | Eastern Orthodox Church 1. A cleric ranking below a bishop. 2. The head of a monastery or a group of monasteries. 3. Used as an honorific title for an unmarried priest. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin archimandrta, from Late Greek arkhimandrt s : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Late Greek mandra, monastery (from Greek, cattle pen).
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