Difference between revisions of "Archimandrite"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88266" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88266" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman [[Catholic]] church. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20631" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20631" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> ( '''''Ἄρχων''''' '''''Τῆς''''' '''''Μάνδρας''''' ) '','' the name given in the Greek Church to the ''Head Of A Monastery,'' and is equivalent to "abbot." It has also been applied to all ecclesiastical superiors, and even in the Latin Church there have been examples of archbishops being styled archimandrites. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:54, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
(2): (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( Ἄρχων Τῆς Μάνδρας ) , the name given in the Greek Church to the Head Of A Monastery, and is equivalent to "abbot." It has also been applied to all ecclesiastical superiors, and even in the Latin Church there have been examples of archbishops being styled archimandrites.
