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Desposyni

Desposyni noun: those people in the same family descent as Jesus Christ.

Noun

Desposyni pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Those people in the same family descent as Jesus Christ.
    • The term Desposyni in Greek means 'Heir of the Lord', but seems to have been invented after the crucifixion of Jesus and relates specifically to those who were of the direct descent of Jesus or blood related through his mother. […] According to Father Martin, the Jerusalem Church only referred to...2012, Miles Augustus Navarr, Forbidden Theology: Origin of Scriptural God, page 108

Origin of Desposyni

From Ancient Greek δεσπόσυνοι (despósunoi), plural of δεσπόσυνος (despósunos, “belonging to the master or lord”).

Questions about Desposyni

What does Desposyni mean?
Desposyni means those people in the same family descent as Jesus Christ.
What part of speech is Desposyni?
Desposyni is a noun.

Words near Desposyni in the dictionary

  1. desports
  2. despose
  3. desposed
  4. desposes
  5. desposing
  6. Desposyni
  7. despot
  8. despotat
  9. despotate
  10. despotates
  11. despotats

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