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maphrian

maphrian noun: catholicos, high-ranking bishop.

Noun

maphrian

  1. (Syriac, West) catholicos, high-ranking bishop
    • Tabriz was not subordinated directly to the Patriarchate with the nominal see in Antioch in Syria, but to the so-called Maphrian, who administered the entire East of the West-Syrian sphere from Mesopotamia to Central Asia.2014, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, “Civitas Thauris. The Significance of Tabriz in the Spiritual Frameworks of Christian Merchants and Ecclesiastics in the 13th and 14th Centuries”, in Judith Pfeiffer...

Origin of maphrian

From Classical Syriac ܡܲܦ̮ܪܝܵܢܵܐ (map̄ryānā, “one who causes to be abundant”).

Questions about maphrian

What does maphrian mean?
Maphrian means catholicos, high-ranking bishop.
What part of speech is maphrian?
Maphrian is a noun.

Words near maphrian in the dictionary

  1. Maphilindo
  2. mapholder
  3. mapholders
  4. maphosphamide
  5. Maphra
  6. maphrian
  7. maphrodite
  8. maphrodites
  9. mapiko
  10. mapimite
  11. mapinastine

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