Cyclopædia
Assuming archimandrites is required, the following 2 results were found.
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ARCHIMANDRITEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHIMANDRITE
ARCHIMANDRITE, the superior of a monastery; amounting to what we now call abbot. See ABBOT, SUPERIOR, etc. Covarrubias observes, that the word literally denotes the chief or leader of a flock; in which sense it may be applied to any ecclesiastical...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ABBOThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABBOT
of Monks it self. See MONK. The Governors of the primitive Monasteries assum'd indifferently the Names Abbots and Archimandrites. See ARCHIMANDRITES. They were really distinguish'd from the Clergy, tho frequently consounded with 'em, because a Degree...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Theology