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| ar·chi·man·drite [ rkə mán drt ] (plural ar·chi·man·drites) |
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head of monastery: in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a senior priest who heads a monastery or group of monasteries
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| [Mid-17th century. Directly or via French< ecclesiastical Latin archimandrita< ecclesiastical Greek arkhimandritēs< arkhi- "first, chief" + mandra "enclosure, monastery"] |
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