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artos

artos noun: a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

Noun

artos (plural artoi)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

Forms of artos

pluralartoi

Origin of artos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “leavened loaf”), probably from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀵 (a-to), from the compound word 𐀀𐀵𐀡𐀦 (a-to-po-qo, “bakers”). Compare Greek αρτοποιός (artopoiós, “baker”).

Questions about artos

What does artos mean?
Artos means a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.
What part of speech is artos?
Artos is a noun.
What is the plural of artos?
The plural of artos is artoi.

Words near artos in the dictionary

  1. artolaters
  2. artolatry
  3. artophagous
  4. artophoria
  5. artophorion
  6. artos
  7. artotype
  8. artotypes
  9. Artotyritae
  10. Artotyrite
  11. Artotyrites

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