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oeconomi

oeconomi is the plural of oeconomus.

Meaning of oeconomus

Noun

oeconomus (plural oeconomi)

  1. A married priest (chiefly Orthodox Christian and Uniate usage), as opposed to a hieromonk.
  2. A priest or other person who serves as the bursar or finance officer of a diocese or religious institution (chiefly Roman Catholic usage), an episcopal oeconomus temporarily takes charge of church property in the event of an episcopal vacancy.
  3. A Byzantine title given to the chief steward or treasurer of a household or institution.

Questions about oeconomi

What is oeconomi the plural of?
Oeconomi is the plural of oeconomus.

Words near oeconomi in the dictionary

  1. oecobiid
  2. oecobiids
  3. oecologic
  4. oecologies
  5. oecology
  6. oeconomi
  7. oeconomies
  8. oeconomus
  9. oeconomy
  10. oeconym
  11. oeconyms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oeconomi (page history and authors); oeconomus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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