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syncellus

syncellus noun: one who holds an office in an Eastern Catholic or Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church.

Noun

syncellus (plural syncelli)

  1. One who holds an office in an Eastern Catholic or Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church.

Forms of syncellus

pluralsyncelli

Origin of syncellus

From Latin syncellus, from Ancient Greek σύγκελλος (súnkellos).

Questions about syncellus

What does syncellus mean?
Syncellus means one who holds an office in an Eastern Catholic or Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church.
What part of speech is syncellus?
Syncellus is a noun.
What is the plural of syncellus?
The plural of syncellus is syncelli.

Words near syncellus in the dictionary

  1. syncategoremes
  2. syncategoremic
  3. synced
  4. synced up
  5. syncelli
  6. syncellus
  7. syncerebra
  8. syncerebrum
  9. syncervical
  10. syncervicals
  11. synch

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