mechitarist

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mechitarist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mechitarist \Mech"i*tar*ist\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]