cenobiarch
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English
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Etymology
Simplification of coenobiarch, from Latin coenobiarcha (“abbot”), from Koine Greek κοινοβιάρχης (koinobiárkhēs, “abbot”), from κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “cenobium, monastery”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”) + -ης (-ēs).
Noun
cenobiarch (plural cenobiarches)
- (often Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) The leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.
Synonyms
- See abbot