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ktetor

ktetor noun: one who funds the building or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery.

Noun

ktetor (plural ktetors)

  1. One who funds the building or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery.
    • Sava drew upon the monastery’s typikon (rule or charter), which was his privilege as ktitor (founder) of the institution.1994, John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, page 38
    • Theodora’s prime concern as founder, or ktitor, and first abbess of the nunnery is her daughter, Euphrosyne, who was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and to Christ when still a child.2004, Carolyn L. Connor, Women of Byzantium, page 268

Forms of ktetor

pluralktetors

Origin of ktetor

From Ancient Greek κτήτωρ (ktḗtōr). The alternative form ktitor likely came via a Slavic intermediary such as Macedonian ктитор (ktitor) or Serbo-Croatian ktitor.

Questions about ktetor

What does ktetor mean?
Ktetor means one who funds the building or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery.
What part of speech is ktetor?
Ktetor is a noun.
What is the plural of ktetor?
The plural of ktetor is ktetors.

Words near ktetor in the dictionary

  1. KTAS
  2. ktenasite
  3. ktenology
  4. ktetic
  5. ktetics
  6. ktetor
  7. ktetors
  8. ktetory
  9. kth
  10. kthanksbye
  11. kthnxbai

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