cenobiarch

English

Alternative forms

• coenobiarch, cœnobiarch

Etymology

Simplification of coenobiarch, from Latin coenobiarcha (“abbot”), from Koine Greek κοινοβιάρχης (koinobiárkhēs, “abbot”), from κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “cenobium, monastery”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”) + -ης (-ēs).

Noun

cenobiarch (plural cenobiarches)

1. (often Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) The leader of a cenobium: an abbot, a guru.

Synonyms

• See abbot

Anagrams

• canoe birch