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sticheron

sticheron noun: a hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.

Noun

sticheron (plural sticherons or stichera)

  1. A hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.

Forms of sticheron

pluralsticherons
pluralstichera

Origin of sticheron

From Greek στιχηρό (stichiró), from Ancient Greek στιχηρός (stikhērós, “written in lines”).

Questions about sticheron

What does sticheron mean?
Sticheron means a hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.
What part of speech is sticheron?
Sticheron is a noun.
What is the plural of sticheron?
The plural of sticheron is sticherons.

Words near sticheron in the dictionary

  1. stiched
  2. stichera
  3. sticheraria
  4. sticheraric
  5. sticherarion
  6. sticheron
  7. sticherons
  8. stichic
  9. stichid
  10. stichidia
  11. stichidium

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