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Mekhitarist, n. and a.|ˈmɛkɪtɑːrɪst|
Also mechitarist.
[f. Mekhitar (see below) + -ist.]
A. n. One of a congregation of Armenian monks of the Roman Catholic church originally founded at Constantinople in 1701 by Mekhitar, an Armenian, and by him in 1717 finally established in the island of San Lazzaro, south of Venice.
1834Penny Cycl. II. 364/1 They..call themselves Mekhitaristes. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1457 The Mekhitarists form one of the noblest congregations of the Roman Catholic Church.
B. adj. Of or belonging to the Mekhitarists.
1874Supernat. Relig. II. ii. ix. 184 In the Mechitarist library at Venice. 1884Catholic Dict. (1897) 617/1 The books..which are printed in the Mechitarist presses of Vienna and Venice are carried far beyond Persia.
Hence Mechitaˈristican a. = prec.
1825A. Goode (title) A brief Account of the Mechitaristican Society. |