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vartabed|ˈvɑːtəbɛd|
Also vardapet, vartabad, vartapet, etc.
[Armenian.]
A member of an order of clergy in the Armenian church (see quot. 1847).
1718J. Ozell tr. Pitton de Tournefort's Voy. Levant II. viii. 303 These Vertabiets, who make such a noise among the Armenians, are not in reality great Doctors. 1841L. Coleman Christian Antiq. xxiii. 470 The vartabeds live not among the people, but in convents. 1847J. Wilson Lands Bible II. 482 The monkish clergy are denominated Vartabads or Doctors, and it is their peculiar office to teach and preach. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 549/2 The vartabed, or doctor of theology..has frequently charge of a diocese, with episcopal functions. 1923Blackw. Mag. Aug. 252/1 The Patriarch and an Armenian vartabed..are pushed inside. 1957Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 87/1 Bishops..are usually chosen from among the vardapets. 1964[see rasophore]. 1982Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VI. 140 Another class of priests is represented by the vartabeds, or doctors, who must remain unmarried. |