Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Archimandrite \Ar`chi*man"drite\, n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. ?;
   pref. ? (E. arch-) + ? an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a
   fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church)
      (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the
          Roman Catholic church.
      (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding
          to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman
          Catholic church.

Source : WordNet®

archimandrite
     n : the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {abbot}]