English Explanatory Dictionary

cenobiarch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.

Word forms

cenobiarch cenobiarches coenobiarch cœnobiarch

Etymology

Simplification of coenobiarch, from Latin coenobiarcha (“abbot”), from Koine Greek κοινοβιάρχης (koinobiárkhēs, “abbot”), from κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “cenobium, monastery”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”) + -ης (-ēs).

Synonyms

abbot
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