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menologion

menologion noun: synonym of menologium, particularly in Greek, Byzantine, and Eastern Orthodox contexts.

Noun

menologion (plural menologions or menologia)

  1. Synonym of menologium, particularly in Greek, Byzantine, and Eastern Orthodox contexts.
    • In order to make a preliminary study of the text of the menologion on the basis of evidence from the MSS accessible, the area of greatest uniformity was sought.1936, Morgan Ward Redus, The Text of the Major Festivals on the Menologion in the Greek Gospel Lectionary, Studies in the Lectionary Text of the Greek New Testiment, Vol. II, No. 2
    Synonyms:
    menologium, particularly in Greek, Byzantine, and Eastern Orthodox contexts

Proper noun capitalized: Menologion

Menologion

  1. Synonym of Menologium, particularly in Byzantine, Greek, and Eastern Orthodox contexts.
    • The Menologion of Basil II is an important work for understanding the medieval Byzantine church.
    Synonyms:
    Menologium, particularly in Byzantine, Greek, and Eastern Orthodox contexts

Synonyms of menologion

Forms of menologion

pluralmenologions
pluralmenologia
alternative formMenologion

Origin of menologion

From Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + -ο- (-o-, “-o-”) + λόγιον (lógion, “writing, record, announcement”), from λόγος (lógos, “writing, recording”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ion: forming related nouns”). Doublet of menologe, menologium, and menology. See horologion.

Questions about menologion

What does menologion mean?
Menologion means synonym of menologium, particularly in Greek, Byzantine, and Eastern Orthodox contexts.
What part of speech is menologion?
Menologion can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of menologion?
The plural of menologion is menologions.

Words near menologion in the dictionary

  1. menologem
  2. menologes
  3. menologia
  4. menological
  5. menologies
  6. menologion
  7. menologions
  8. menologium
  9. menologiums
  10. menology
  11. menometrorrhagia

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