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Octoechos

Octoechos proper noun: a liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.

Proper noun

Octoechos

  1. A liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.
  2. The eight-mode system used for the composition of religious chant in Byzantine, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Latin and Slavic churches since the Middle Ages.

Forms of Octoechos

alternative formOktoechos

Origin of Octoechos

From Ancient Greek Ὀκτώηχος (Oktṓēkhos).

Questions about Octoechos

What does Octoechos mean?
Octoechos means a liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.
What part of speech is Octoechos?
Octoechos is a proper noun.

Words near Octoechos in the dictionary

  1. octodontoids
  2. octodonts
  3. octodrachm
  4. octodrachms
  5. octodrine
  6. Octoechos
  7. octoedrical
  8. octofarious
  9. octofid
  10. octofinal
  11. octofinals

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