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- Medieval Greek · derived fromσταυροπηγία
- English todaystauropegial
From Medieval Greek σταυροπηγία (stauropēgía), from σταυρός (staurós, “cross”) (Greek σταυρός (stavrós)) + πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “secure, fix, fasten”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.