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ktitor

ktitor is the alternative form of ktetor.

Meaning of ktetor

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

Forms of ktitor

pluralktitors

Questions about ktitor

What is ktitor the alternative form of?
Ktitor is the alternative form of ktetor.

Words near ktitor in the dictionary

  1. kthx
  2. kthxbai
  3. kthxbye
  4. ktipiti
  5. ktistic
  6. ktitor
  7. ktitors
  8. ktiv male
  9. KTM
  10. KTP
  11. kts

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