archimandrite

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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 humble monk for twenty years before that.
  2. An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest. rare

词形变化

archimandrites plural

词汇关系

衍生词
archimandrital

词源

Borrowed from French archimandrite, from Latin archimandrīta, from late Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “highest”) + μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosure, cloister, monastery”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of”).
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