archimandrite

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noun

1

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

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.

2

An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.

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noun — the superior of an abbey of monks

abbot

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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

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