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epimanikion

epimanikion noun: a cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches.

Noun

epimanikion (plural epimanikia)

  1. A cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches.
    • a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion.1972, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, Agberg Ltd., published September 2000, page 232
    • Embroidered on each epimanikion (maniple) are four scenes from the Dodekaorton. On the first epimanikion the Annunciation and the Nativity, proclaiming the humanity of God made man, the Baptism and the Transfiguration, proclaiming his divinity; on the second the Crucifixion and the Anastasis...1998, “Church Embroidery”, in Hellenic Ministry of Culture, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2005

Examples of epimanikion in a sentence

  • Embroidered on each epimanikion (maniple) are four scenes from the Dodekaorton.1998, “Church Embroidery”, in Hellenic Ministry of Culture, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2005:
  • Epimanikia (singular epimanikion) are liturgical vestments.2005, “Epimanikia”, in Orthodox Wiki, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2005:

Forms of epimanikion

pluralepimanikia

Origin of epimanikion

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἐπιμανίκιον (epimaníkion), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + μανίκιον (maníkion, “sleeve”).

Questions about epimanikion

What does epimanikion mean?
Epimanikion means a cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches.
How do you use epimanikion in a sentence?
Embroidered on each epimanikion (maniple) are four scenes from the Dodekaorton.
What part of speech is epimanikion?
Epimanikion is a noun.
What is the plural of epimanikion?
The plural of epimanikion is epimanikia.

Words near epimanikion in the dictionary

  1. epiluminescent
  2. epimacular
  3. epimacus
  4. epimacuses
  5. epimanikia
  6. epimanikion
  7. epimarginal
  8. epimastigote
  9. epimastigotes
  10. epimatium
  11. epimedin

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