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Mekhitarist

Mekhitarist is the alternative form of Mechitarist.

Meaning of Mechitarist

Noun

Mechitarist (plural Mechitarists)

  1. (historical) A member of a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church established in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste on the island of San Lazzaro, south of Venice.

Forms of Mekhitarist

pluralMekhitarists

Origin of Mekhitarist

From Mekhitar + -ist.

Questions about Mekhitarist

What is Mekhitarist the alternative form of?
Mekhitarist is the alternative form of Mechitarist.

Words near Mekhitarist in the dictionary

  1. Mekhelee
  2. Mekheli
  3. Mekhi
  4. Mekhir
  5. Mekhitar
  6. Mekhitarist
  7. Mekhitaristic
  8. Mekhitarists
  9. Mekhlee
  10. mekin
  11. Mekit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mekhitarist (page history and authors); Mechitarist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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