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archimandrite

NOUN
  1. the superior of an abbey of monks

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  • The title "archimandrite" appears to be given now to abbots of the more important monasteries and also sometimes as a personal title of distinction to others. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
  • There was an intermediate period (from about the sixth to the ninth centuries) during which the title archimandrite was given as a purely personal honour to certain hegumenoi without involving any exemption from the monastery. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
  • And everything, one may say, was at his beck and call, and even those in authority hindered him in nothing, and the archimandrite thanked him for his zeal: he gave freely of his substance to the monastery, and when the fit came upon him he sighed and groaned over his soul and was troubled not a little over the life to come. A Raw Youth
  • A staff is also granted to archimandrites and abbots, as they are the heads of monasteries.
  • A ukase in 1763 limited the composition of the Synod to three archbishops, two archimandrites, and one archpriest.
  • Greek Orthodox archimandrites, bishops (including married Arab priests) and their followers will elect three candidates from among the 15 in the first round.
  • And he remembered all whom he had injured, and desired to make them restitution; he began to give away money without stint, so that his wife and the archimandrite even had to restrain him; “for that is enough,” they said. A Raw Youth
  • The synod is composed of the patriarch, metropolitans, provincial bishops, as well as the titular bishops and archimandrites appointed by the patriarch.
  • Asia Minor and among the Greeks generally he was called archimandrite The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
  • We also were accompanied by many bishops: Feodor of Rostov, Efrosin of Suzdal, Jeremiah the Greek, the Bishop of Zvenigorod, the archimandrites, the igumens, and monks.
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