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rantistirion

Syllables: ran·tis·tir·i·on/ɹæn.tɪsˈtɪ.ɹi.ɒn//ɹæn.tisˈti.ɹi.ɑn/

rantistirion noun: a ritual sprinkler used in some Christian rites.

Noun

rantistirion (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, Eastern Orthodoxy) A ritual sprinkler used in some Christian rites.
    • The Kastrinsios was charged with military duties and was responsible for a military unit (similar to that of a captain of the guard). When the Office became ecclesiastical in nature it was charged with the storage and safe keeping of ecclesiastical supplies and assisted in the vesting of the...2001, Aspasia Smith, editor, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, millennium edition, New York, N.Y.: Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, →OCLC, page 72
    • The priest stands in front of the Kouvouklion throughout the Encomia. At the Third Stasis when the verse "Eranan ton Tafon ai miroforoi mira lian proi elthousai – early in the morning the myrrh-bearers came to Thee and sprinkled myrrh upon Thy tomb" is sung the priest sprinkles the Epitaphios with...[2003], Alkiviadis Calivas, “Great and Holy Saturday”, in Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, archived from the original on 23 May 2017
    Synonyms:
    aspergillum

Synonyms of rantistirion

Forms of rantistirion

alternative formrandistirion

Origin of rantistirion

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ῥαντιστήριον (rhantistḗrion), from ῥαντίζω (rhantízō) (a late form of ῥαίνω (rhaínō, “to sprinkle, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *weri) + -ῐον (-ĭon, “suffix forming diminutive nouns”).

Questions about rantistirion

What does rantistirion mean?
Rantistirion means a ritual sprinkler used in some Christian rites.
What part of speech is rantistirion?
Rantistirion is a noun.
How do you pronounce rantistirion?
Rantistirion is pronounced /ɹæn.tɪsˈtɪ.ɹi.ɒn/ (UK).

Words near rantistirion in the dictionary

  1. rantipoling
  2. rantipoll
  3. rantipolls
  4. rantish
  5. Rantism
  6. rantistirion
  7. rantle-tree
  8. rantle-trees
  9. Ranton
  10. Rantoul
  11. rants

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