/ahr'keuh man"druyt/ , n. Eastern Ch.
1. the head of a monastery; an abbot.
2. a superior abbot, having charge of several monasteries.
3. a title given to distinguished celibate priests.
[ 1585-95; archimandrita archimandrítes abbot, equiv. to Gk archi- ARCHI- + LGk mándr ( a ) monastery (Gk: fold, enclosure) + -ites -ITE 1 ]