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vardapet

Syllables: var·da·pet/ˈvɑːdəpɛt/US/ˈvɑɹdəpɛt/

vardapet noun: a highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.

vardapet: a highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in...
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Noun

vardapet (plural vardapets)

  1. A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.
    • There is nothing particular to be mention'd concerning the Archbiſhops and Biſhops of the Armenians, […] It were only to be wiſh'd they diſcharg'd their Duty; but they have no Zeal, and are ſunk into the moſt wretched Ignorance, and are often less eſteem'd than the Vertabiets. Sometimes they are...1741, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, “Letter VIII. Of the Manners, Religion, and Commerce of the Armenians”, in A Voyage into the Levant: Perform'd by Command of the Late French King. …, volume III...
    • At the hour appointed most of the brethren met at the house of the vartabed; but found no one there to accuse or oppose them. They now had considerable conversation with the vartabed, and gave him some wholesome advice.1844 July, “A Friend—Vacillation of the Vartabed”, in The Missionary Herald. Containing the Proceedings of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions: With a View of Other Benevolent...

Examples of vardapet in a sentence

  • Cyriacus of Gandzak, vardapet, a writer of the 13th century.1860 October, “Proceedings of the American Oriental Society. New Haven, October 17th and 18th, 1860.”, in Journal of the American Oriental...
  • The vardapet was regarded as having a special authority to teach.1991, Avedis K. Sanjian, “The Historical Setting”, in Thomas F. Mathews and Avedis K. Sanjian; Thomas F. Mathews, editor, Armenian Gospel...

Forms of vardapet

pluralvardapets
alternative formvartabad
alternative formvartabed
alternative formvartabet
alternative formvartapet
alternative formwardapet

Origin of vardapet

Borrowed from Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet), from Old Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet, “teacher; vardapet”), from a South-Western Iranian word of the form *vard(a)-pet (literally “master of students; master of work”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *warj- (“to do; to work; to till the land”) (from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”), whence Old Persian vard- (“to work”) in the given name 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎺𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (Artavardiya-)) + Proto-Iranian *pati- (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master; ruler”), whence Old Armenian պետ (pet, “chief, commander”), Parthian *pet).

Questions about vardapet

What does vardapet mean?
Vardapet means a highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.
How do you use vardapet in a sentence?
Cyriacus of Gandzak, vardapet, a writer of the 13th century.
What part of speech is vardapet?
Vardapet is a noun.
How do you pronounce vardapet?
Vardapet is pronounced /ˈvɑːdəpɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of vardapet?
The plural of vardapet is vardapets.

Words near vardapet in the dictionary

  1. Varchonitae
  2. Varda
  3. Vardaman
  4. Vardamans
  5. Vardan
  6. vardapet
  7. vardapets
  8. Vardar
  9. Vardarian
  10. Vardaric
  11. Varden

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