Etymology

syncellus

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Latin syncellus ← Ancient Greek σύγκελλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύγκελλος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromsyncellus
  3. English todaysyncellus

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

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