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Mechitarist
Mech′i-tar-ist
,Noun.
[From
Mechitar
, an Armenian., who founded the congregation in the early part of the eighteenth century.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a religious congregation of the
Roman Catholic Church
devoted to the improvement of Armenians. Definition 2024
Mechitarist
Mechitarist
English
Alternative forms
Noun
Mechitarist (plural Mechitarists)
- (historical) One of a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church established in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste in the island of San Lazzaro, south of Venice.
Translations
one of a congregation of Benedictine monks
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