[だいしゅうどういんちょう, daishuudouinchou] (n) abbot; archimandrite[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Archimandrite \Ar`chi*man"drite\, n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. ?;
pref. ? (E. arch-) + ? an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a
fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church)
(a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the
Roman Catholic church.
(b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding
to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman
Catholic church.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
archimandrite
n 1: the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {abbot},
{archimandrite}]