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tomos

tomos noun: an ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information. Also the plural of tomo.

Noun

tomos (plural tomoi)

  1. (Orthodox Christianity) An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information.
    • According to the Patriarch, once UOC is granted the tomos, all bishops of the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, and the Moscow Patriarchate, who addressed the Ecumenical Patriarch with a request for autocephaly, should gather for the Unification Council, TV Channel 5 reports.2018 August 22, “Filaret announces possible terms for Ukraine Orthodox Church to become autocephalous”, in Ukrainian Independent Information Agency

Also used as

tomos is also the plural of tomo.

Forms of tomos

pluraltomoi

Origin of tomos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”). Doublet of tome.

Questions about tomos

What does tomos mean?
Tomos means an ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information.
What part of speech is tomos?
Tomos is a noun.
What is the plural of tomos?
The plural of tomos is tomoi.

Words near tomos in the dictionary

  1. tomorrowish
  2. tomorrowless
  3. tomorrowness
  4. tomorrows
  5. tomorruh
  6. tomos
  7. tomoscintigraphic
  8. tomoscintigraphies
  9. tomoscintigraphy
  10. tomosyn
  11. tomosyns

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