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contakion

contakion is the alternative form of kontakion.

Meaning of kontakion

Noun

kontakion (plural kontakia)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A form of hymn or poem recited as a dialogue between a chanter and the choir.
    • The liturgical form of hymn which replaced the kontakion was the canon, a set of nine hymns.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 454

Forms of contakion

pluralcontakia

Questions about contakion

What is contakion the alternative form of?
Contakion is the alternative form of kontakion.

Words near contakion in the dictionary

  1. containments
  2. contains
  3. contains multitudes
  4. contains oneself
  5. contakia
  6. contakion
  7. contaminable
  8. contaminant
  9. contaminants
  10. contaminate
  11. contaminated

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