Etymology

Simplification of coenobiarch, from Latin coenobiarcha ‎(“abbot”), from Koine Greek κοινοβιάρχης ‎(koinobiárkhēs, “abbot”), from κοινόβιον ‎(koinóbion, “cenobium, monastery”) + αρχης ‎(arkhēs, “ruler, head”)