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cenobiarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ceno-biarch
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.

Etymology

Simplification of coenobiarch, from Latin coenobiarcha (“abbot”), from Koine Greek κοινοβιάρχης (koinobiárkhēs, “abbot”), from κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “cenobium, monastery”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”) + -ης (-ēs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: coenobiarcha, κοινοβιάρχης

Inflected Forms

cenobiarches (plural) coenobiarch (alternative) cœnobiarch (alternative)

Synonyms

abbot

Questions

What does cenobiarch mean?
The leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.
Where does cenobiarch come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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