OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16505

archimandrite

/ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
archimandrita
The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
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 hu…
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