Vartabed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vartabed \Var"ta*bed\, n. [Armen., a doctor, master, preceptor.]
     (Eccl.)
     A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this
     order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses,
     with episcopal functions.
     [1913 Webster]