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mandriarch

mandriarch noun: a leader or founder of a monastic order.

Noun

mandriarch (plural mandriarchs)

  1. (rare) A leader or founder of a monastic order.
    • Then as increased the nation mendicaunt In following him, whose wondrous life they would Better in empyrean glory chaunt, The course that holy Mandriarch pursued Through Pope Honorius with a crown more late Was gifted by the eternal […] those who believed in Christ before and after His Coming, one...1854, Dante Alighieri, translated by C. B. Cayley, Dante's Divine comedy, tr. in the original ternary rhyme by C.B. Cayley
    • On the other side, opposite S. Mary, S. John the Baptist forms the head of the second dividing line, which consists of holy Mandriarchs; S. Francis, S. Benedict, S. Augustine being alone named. To the right of the Blessed Virgin ...1881, Maria Francesca Rossetti, A Shadow of Dante, Being an Essay Towards Studying Himself, His World and His Pilgrimage, page 205

Forms of mandriarch

pluralmandriarchs

Questions about mandriarch

What does mandriarch mean?
Mandriarch means a leader or founder of a monastic order.
What part of speech is mandriarch?
Mandriarch is a noun.
What is the plural of mandriarch?
The plural of mandriarch is mandriarchs.

Words near mandriarch in the dictionary

  1. Mandrell
  2. mandrelled
  3. mandrelling
  4. Mandrells
  5. mandrels
  6. mandriarch
  7. mandriarchs
  8. mandril
  9. mandrill
  10. mandrilled
  11. mandrilling

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