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metania

metania noun: prostration as an expression of reverence in a church.

Noun

metania (plural metanias)

  1. prostration as an expression of reverence in a church

Forms of metania

pluralmetanias
alternative formmetany

Origin of metania

From Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia). Doublet of metanoia.

Questions about metania

What does metania mean?
Metania means prostration as an expression of reverence in a church.
What part of speech is metania?
Metania is a noun.
What is the plural of metania?
The plural of metania is metanias.

Words near metania in the dictionary

  1. metanephros
  2. metanephroses
  3. metaness
  4. metanetwork
  5. metanetworks
  6. metania
  7. metanias
  8. metanil yellow
  9. metanode
  10. metanodes
  11. metanoete

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