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prozymites

prozymites is the plural of prozymite.

Meaning of prozymite

Noun

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...
    Synonyms:
    fermentarian
    Antonyms:
    azymite

Noun capitalized: Prozymites

Prozymites

  1. (plural) plural of Prozymite (Alternative letter-case form of prozymites)

Forms of prozymites

alternative formProzymites

Questions about prozymites

What is prozymites the plural of?
Prozymites is the plural of prozymite.
What part of speech is prozymites?
Prozymites is a noun.

Words near prozymites in the dictionary

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

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