archarios

noun

ar·​cha·​rios

ärˈḵäryȯs

plural -es

: a novice in a monastic community of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek, from Greek archē beginning + arios (from Latin -arius -ary)

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