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[[Image:Gregorio-e-archimandriti.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Melkite Patriarch [[Gregory III Laham|Gregory III]] (
The title '''''archimandrite''''' ({{lang-grc-gre|ἀρχιμανδρίτης}} ''archimandritis''), primarily used in the [[Eastern Orthodox]] and the [[Eastern Catholic]] churches, originally referred to a [[Superior (hierarchy)|superior]] abbot whom a [[bishop]] appointed to supervise several 'ordinary' [[abbot]]s (each styled ''[[hegumenos]]'') and [[monasteries]], or to the abbot of some especially great and important monastery.
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