Mechitarist
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Etymology edit
Mechitar + -ist, named after Mechitar of Sebaste, the founder.
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Noun edit
Mechitarist (plural Mechitarists)
- (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.
Translations edit
one of a congregation of Benedictine monks
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