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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Archimandrite \Ar`chi*man"drite\, n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. ?; pref. ? (E. arch-) + ? an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church) a A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. b A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: archimandrite n : the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {abbot}]
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