archimandrit

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ألمانية - الإنجليزية
archimandrite
The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church
A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church
a senior churchman, usually the abbot of a large monastery
A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church
An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest
the superior of an abbey of monks
(Gr "head of the flock or cloister") A celibate presbyter of high rank assisting the bishop or appointed abbotin a monastery In the Russian tradition some Archimandrites have the right to wear the mitre and the mantle (mitrophoros)
Priest monk ranking just below a bishop
{i} head of a monastery
(Gr "head of the flock or cloister") A celibate presbyter of high rank assisting the bishop or appointed abbot in a monastery In the Russian tradition some Archimandrites have the right to wear the mitre and the mantle (mitrophoros)