Meanings
nouncatholicos (plural catholicoses or catholicoi)
plural catholicoses · plural catholicoi
- ChristianityA high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 252
Origin
- Ancient Greekκαθολικός
- Englishcatholicos
From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic.
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Arabic جَاثليق
- جَاثليق (jaṯlīq)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Chinese Mandarin 卡托利科斯
- 卡托利科斯 (kǎtuōlìkēsī)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Dutch katholikos
- katholikoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Finnish katolikos
- katolikoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
French catholicos
- catholicoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
German Katholikos
- Katholikoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Hebrew קתוליקוס
- קתוליקוס (katolikos)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Hungarian katolikosz
- katolikoszhigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Indonesian katolikos
- katolikoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Italian catholicos
- catholicoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Japanese カトリコス
- カトリコス (katorikosu)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Korean 가톨리코스
- 가톨리코스 (gatollikoseu)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Latin catholicus
- catholicushigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Persian جاثلیق
- جاثلیق (jâsoliq)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Polish katolikos
- katolikoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Portuguese católico
- católicohigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Russian католико́с
- католико́с (katolikós)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Spanish catolicós
- catolicóshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Turkish katolikos
- katolikoshigh-ranking bishop or patriarch
Ukrainian католико́с
- католико́с (katolykós)high-ranking bishop or patriarch
Cite this entry
APA
catholicos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catholicos
MLA
“catholicos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catholicos. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catholicos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catholicos.
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