David

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Among the Egyptians, an archimandrite, or any head of a monastery, of whatever rank, was called David; so that, when a monastic. head gave letters of commendation to any one, he subscribed himself as "David illius loci" (Gratian, De Formatis, quoted by Ducange).

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