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epitrachelion

Syllables: epi·tra·che·li·on/ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiliɒn/US/ˌɛpɪtɹɑˈkiliɔn/

epitrachelion noun: the liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.

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Noun

epitrachelion (plural epitrachelions)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
    • [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.1984, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, San Francisco, Calif.: Underwood–Miller; republished New York, N.Y.: IBooks, 2000, page 232
    • The epitrachelion is the Orthodox equivalent of the stole, but it hangs straight instead of being crossed over the chest, as is the case with the stole in Western churches.1987, The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 26, Chicago, Ill.: Encyclopædia Britannica, →ISBN, page 878, column 2

epitrachelion meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

epitrachelion in Arabic

vestment
بطرشيل

epitrachelion in Indonesian

vestment
epitrachelion

Forms of epitrachelion

pluralepitrachelions

Origin of epitrachelion

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἐπιτραχήλιον (epitrakhḗlion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios, “on the neck”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns). ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios) is from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon, on top of, covering”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on; at; near”)) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”) + -ῐος (-ĭos) (from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix forming adjectives)).

Questions about epitrachelion

What does epitrachelion mean?
Epitrachelion means the liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
What is epitrachelion in Arabic?
Epitrachelion in Arabic is بطرشيل. See Epitrachelion meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is epitrachelion?
Epitrachelion is a noun.
How do you pronounce epitrachelion?
Epitrachelion is pronounced /ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiliɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of epitrachelion?
The plural of epitrachelion is epitrachelions.

Words near epitrachelion in the dictionary

  1. epitopic
  2. epitopically
  3. epitoxoid
  4. epitoxoids
  5. epitracheal
  6. epitrachelion
  7. epitrachelions
  8. epitranscriptome
  9. epitranscriptomes
  10. epitranscriptomic
  11. epitranscriptomics

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