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echage

echage noun: the chief official in the monastic system of Ethiopia.

Noun

echage (plural echages)

  1. The chief official in the monastic system of Ethiopia.
    • Security in Gondar depended largely on the sanctity of the echage’s quarter as a place of asylum.1972, Donald Crummey, Priests and Politicians
    • The emperor sent an evasive reply and, upon crossing the border, made sure that the echage (the head of Ethiopia's monastic system) marched on his right.2002, Haggai Erlich, The Cross and the River, page 117

Forms of echage

pluralechages

Questions about echage

What does echage mean?
Echage means the chief official in the monastic system of Ethiopia.
What part of speech is echage?
Echage is a noun.
What is the plural of echage?
The plural of echage is echages.

Words near echage in the dictionary

  1. ecgonidine
  2. ecgonine
  3. ecgonines
  4. ECGs
  5. ECH
  6. echage
  7. echages
  8. Echague
  9. echalion
  10. echalions
  11. Echaquan

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