vartabed

noun

var·​ta·​bed

¦värtä¦bed

variants or vardapet

-dä¦pet

or vartabet

-tä¦bet

plural -s

: a member of an order of celibate preachers in the Armenian clergy corresponding to the archimandrite in the Greek church

Word History

Etymology

Armenian vartabed, literally, teacher

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