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azymite

Syllables: azy·miteUK/ˈæzɪmaɪt/

azymite noun: one who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.

Noun (1)

azymite (plural azymites)

  1. (derogatory, historical, Eastern Orthodoxy) One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.
    • “Shall we drink a cup in honour of the Holy Virgin, and confusion to the Azymites?” / “Yes, yes! shouted the multitude. “Away with the Azymites—we want no new religion here;” and, singing and shouting, they threw up their caps in the air, […]1843, Catherine Charlotte Maberly, Melanthe; or, The Days of the Medici: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century, volume 1, page 248
    • “Away with them!” cried the Greeks; “we want no Latin allies! Away with the worship of the azymites!”1898, Joseph Epiphane Darras, Martin John Spalding, Charles Ignatius White, A General History of the Catholic Church: From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Twentieth Century, volume 3...

Noun (2) capitalized: Azymite

Azymite (plural Azymites)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of azymite.

Antonyms of azymite

Forms of azymite

pluralazymites
alternative formAzymite
pluralAzymites

Origin of azymite

From Latin azȳmita, from Ancient Greek ἀζῡμίτης (azūmítēs), from ἄζῡμος (ázūmos) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming masculine nouns meaning being connected to or a member of something, or coming from a particular place). ἄζῡμος is derived from ᾰ̓- (ă-, the alpha privativum, a prefix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven, yeast”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of result or abstract nouns of action). The English word is analysable as, by surface analysis, a- + zym- + -ite or azyme + -ite.

Questions about azymite

What does azymite mean?
Azymite means one who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.
What part of speech is azymite?
Azymite is a noun.
How do you pronounce azymite?
Azymite is pronounced /ˈæzɪmaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of azymite?
The plural of azymite is azymites.

Words near azymite in the dictionary

  1. azylenes
  2. azym
  3. azyme
  4. azymes
  5. azymic
  6. azymite
  7. azymites
  8. azymous
  9. azyms
  10. azz
  11. Azzam

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