How do you pronounce archimandrite?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/.

archimandrite

/ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: archi-man-drite
IPA: /ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/

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Meaning

noun

The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

noun

An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.

Example Sentences

"My predecessors generally preferred to live and work in the monastery proper, but I like the solitude of the caves. I have been an archimandrite, here at Pskov, since 1915 and a humble monk for twenty years before that."

Etymology

Borrowed from French archimandrite, from Latin archimandrīta, from late Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “highest”) + μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosure, cloister, monastery”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: archimandrite

Inflected Forms

archimandrites (plural)

Derived Forms

archimandrital

Synonyms

abbot