cenobiarch
English
Alternative forms
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
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.