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menologium

/ˌmɛnəˈloʊdʒiəm/

menologium noun: a calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and.

Noun

menologium (plural menologiums or menologia)

  1. A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and
    • The elder Pliny advises the sowing of certain crops between the Saturnalia (fixed at 17 December) and the Compitalia, which the roughly contemporary menologia indefinitely set in January.1976, Robert E.A. Palmer, "A Poem of All Seasons", Phoenix, Vol. 30, No. 2, p. 169
    • The Roman farming menologia show the astrological information and religious festivals for each month along with their matching agricultural activities.
    1. (capitalized, often, Eastern Orthodoxy) Synonym of menaion, a book detailing the propers and hagiographic canons for the fixed dates of the liturgical year.
    2. (capitalized, often, Eastern Orthodoxy) Synonym of synaxarium, a hagiography covering similar material equivalent to a Catholic martyrology.
    3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) Synonym of kalendar, any monthly list of saints' days or liturgical readings.
    4. (capitalized, often) A work providing biographies of uncanonized members of a religious order in similar style to a martyrology, frequently read within the order but forbidden for use with the liturgy itself.
    5. (capitalized, often, uncommon) Synonym of martyrology, a hagiography of Catholic saints.
  2. (historical) Synonym of menologem, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the Byzantine Empire.
    Synonyms:
    menologem

Proper noun capitalized: Menologium

Menologium

  1. Alternative letter-case form of menologium, particularly in reference to (Eastern Orthodoxy) specific editions of the menaia or synaxaria or (Roman Catholicism) biographical records of members of religious orders.
    • The Menologium of Basil II is an important work for understanding the medieval Byzantine church.
    Synonyms:
    Menologion

Synonyms of menologium

Forms of menologium

pluralmenologiums
pluralmenologia
alternative formMenologium

Origin of menologium

From Medieval Latin mēnologium, from Ancient and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), from μήν (mḗn, “month”) + λόγιον (lógion, “writing, record, announcement”), itself from λόγος (lógos, “writing, recording”). Doublet of menologion, menologe, and menology.

Words formed from menologium

Questions about menologium

What does menologium mean?
Menologium means a calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and.
What part of speech is menologium?
Menologium can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce menologium?
Menologium is pronounced /ˌmɛnəˈloʊdʒiəm/.
What is the plural of menologium?
The plural of menologium is menologiums.

Words near menologium in the dictionary

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

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