Archimandrite
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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.
