sticharion
sticharion noun: the outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
Noun
sticharion (plural sticharions or sticharia)
- The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
- a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion.1972, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, Agberg Ltd., published September 2000, page 232
- The sticharion, which is held by the zone, or girdle, corresponds to the alb.1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition
Forms of sticharion
| plural | sticharions |
|---|---|
| plural | sticharia |
Origin of sticharion
From Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion).
Questions about sticharion
- What does sticharion mean?
- Sticharion means the outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
- What part of speech is sticharion?
- Sticharion is a noun.
- What is the plural of sticharion?
- The plural of sticharion is sticharions.
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