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kontakia

kontakia is the plural 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

Questions about kontakia

What is kontakia the plural of?
Kontakia is the plural of kontakion.

Words near kontakia in the dictionary

  1. Konstantinovka
  2. Konstanz
  3. Kontagora
  4. kontakaria
  5. kontakarion
  6. kontakia
  7. kontakion
  8. Konthou
  9. Konthoujam
  10. Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi
  11. kontigi

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