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prozymite

Syllables: pro·zym·ite/ˈpɹɒzɪmaɪt/US/ˈpɹɑzəˌmaɪt/

prozymite noun: one who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Noun (1)

prozymite (plural prozymites)

  1. (derogatory, historical) One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
    • Whosever shall obstinately blame the faith of the Holy See of Rome and its sacrifices, let him be anathema, and let him not be deemed Catholic, but a prozymite heretic, that is to say, Defender of the Leaven.1867, [Alexis-François] Artaud de Montor, “153. St. Leo IX.—a.d. 1049.”, in [William Hayes] Neligan, editor, The Lives and Times of the Roman Pontiffs, from St. Peter to Pius IX. … Translated from...
    • The inclusion not only of [Michael I] Cerularius, but of all his followers, and the denunciation of the Greeks as prozymite heretics, does look like a condemnation of the whole Byzantine church until it should change its practices.1989, Colin Morris, “Greeks and Saracens”, in The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (Oxford History of the Christian Church), Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 2001, →ISBN, part I...
    Synonyms:
    fermentarian
    Antonyms:
    azymite

Noun (2) capitalized: Prozymite

Prozymite (plural Prozymites)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of prozymite.

Synonyms of prozymite

Antonyms

Forms of prozymite

pluralprozymites
alternative formProzymite
pluralProzymites

Origin of prozymite

Borrowed from German Prozymit, from Medieval Latin prozymīta, from Byzantine Greek προζυμίτης (prozumítēs), from Ancient Greek προζύμιον (prozúmion, “leaven”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming masculine nouns meaning being connected to or a member of something, or coming from a particular place). προζύμιον is derived from προ- (pro-, suffix meaning ‘before, in front’) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven, yeast”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming nouns). The English word is analysable as, by surface analysis, pro- + zym- + -ite.

Questions about prozymite

What does prozymite mean?
Prozymite means one who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What part of speech is prozymite?
Prozymite is a noun.
How do you pronounce prozymite?
Prozymite is pronounced /ˈpɹɒzɪmaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of prozymite?
The plural of prozymite is prozymites.

Words near prozymite in the dictionary

  1. prozostrodont
  2. prozostrodontian
  3. prozostrodontians
  4. Prozumenshikov
  5. Prozumenshikovs
  6. prozymite
  7. prozymites
  8. prozymogen
  9. prozzie
  10. prozzies
  11. prozzy

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