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cenobiarch

cenobiarch noun: the leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.

Noun

cenobiarch (plural cenobiarches)

  1. (often, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) The leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.
    Synonyms:
    abbot

Synonyms of cenobiarch

Forms of cenobiarch

pluralcenobiarches
alternative formcoenobiarch
alternative formcœnobiarch

Origin of cenobiarch

Simplification of coenobiarch, from Latin coenobiarcha (“abbot”), from Koine Greek κοινοβιάρχης (koinobiárkhēs, “abbot”), from κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “cenobium, monastery”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”) + -ης (-ēs).

Questions about cenobiarch

What does cenobiarch mean?
Cenobiarch means the leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.
What part of speech is cenobiarch?
Cenobiarch is a noun.
What is the plural of cenobiarch?
The plural of cenobiarch is cenobiarches.

Words near cenobiarch in the dictionary

  1. Cenlle
  2. ceno-
  3. cenobia
  4. cenobiac
  5. cenobial
  6. cenobiarch
  7. cenobiarches
  8. cenobite
  9. cenobites
  10. cenobitic
  11. cenobitical

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