Archimandrite

From BiblePortal Wikipedia
Revision as of 08:54, 15 October 2021 by BiblePortalWiki (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

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.

References