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protopsaltai

protopsaltai is the plural of protopsaltis.

Meaning of protopsaltis

Noun

protopsaltis (plural protopsaltai)

  1. The cantor in charge of the music for a service of the Byzantine Rite.
    • For the transliteration of the Oriental characters into European notation the musical world is indebted to the care and ability of Mr. Evstratios Pappadopoulos, Protopsaltis of the Church of the Panaghia in Stavrodromion, Pera, Constantinople.1889, “Byzantine ecclesiastial music”, in The Scottish Review, volume 14, page 279

Questions about protopsaltai

What is protopsaltai the plural of?
Protopsaltai is the plural of protopsaltis.

Words near protopsaltai in the dictionary

  1. protoproletariat
  2. protoproletariats
  3. protoproteose
  4. protoproteoses
  5. protoprotestant
  6. protopsaltai
  7. protopsaltis
  8. protopsychological
  9. protopsychologist
  10. protopsychologists
  11. protopsychology

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