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Athonite /ˈaθəˌnʌɪt /adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the Greek peninsula of Mount Athos or its monasteries: a leading twentieth-century Athonite monk...- The period between the two world wars saw a flowering of Athonite literature.
- We were heartened by the obvious signs of the Athonite revival.
- It appears=that in the second half of the fourteenth century, Athonite monasteries made prudent and profitable arrangements.
nounA native or inhabitant of Mount Athos: like most Athonites at the time, he was a simple monk...- St. Athanasius, the Athonite, founded a monastery there.
- Like all good Athonites, time meant little to him.
- The Athonites were able to make use of their financial assets to change the nature of land-holding.
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