Ăr'chi-măn'drīte, n.

n. [Lat. archimandrita, L. Gr. ἀρχιμανδρίτης, from prefix archi, equiv. to Eng. arch, q. v., and μάνδρα, an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church.) (a.) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Romish church. (b.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.