archimandrite

Meanings

1. The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
2. An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.

Etymology

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”).