cenobiarch

English

Alternative forms

coenobiarch, cœnobiarch

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

Anagrams

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