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Theotocos

Theotocos is the alternative form of Theotokos.

Meaning of Theotokos

Proper noun

(the) Theotokos

  1. (chiefly Orthodoxy) Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.
    • It is then an integral portion of the Faith fixed by Ecumenical Council, a portion of it which you hold as well as I, that the Blessed Virgin is Theotocos, Deipara, or Mother of God; and this word, when thus used, carries with it no admixture of rhetoric, no taint of extravagant affection,—it has...1866, John Henry Newman, D.D., A Letter to the Rev. E. B. Pusey, D.D. on His Recent Eirenicon, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, page 66
    Synonyms:
    Deipara, Mother of God, Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God

Questions about Theotocos

What is Theotocos the alternative form of?
Theotocos is the alternative form of Theotokos.

Words near Theotocos in the dictionary

  1. theoterrorists
  2. theothanatological
  3. theothanatologies
  4. theothanatology
  5. theotherapy
  6. Theotocos
  7. theotokia
  8. theotokion
  9. Theotokos
  10. theow
  11. theowdom

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