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( ἄñ÷ùí ôῆò ìÜíäñáò ), the name given in the Greek Church to the head of a monastery, and is equivalent to “abbot.” It has also been applied to all ecclesiastical superiors, and even in the Latin Church there have been examples of archbishops being styled archimandrites.