English
Mechitarist
From Mechitar + -ist, named after Mechitar of Sebaste, the founder.
The story
From Mechitar + -ist, named after Mechitar of Sebaste, the founder.
Today it means
noun A member of a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church established in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste on the island of San Lazzaro, south of Venice.
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Etymograph / Mechitarist