echoi

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noun

One of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre.

OriginAncient Greek ἦχοι →
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Meanings

nounechoi (plural echois)

plural echois · alternative echos

  1. entertainmentOne of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἦχοι“sounds”
  2. Englishechoi

From Ancient Greek ἦχοι (êkhoi, “sounds”), plural of ἦχος (êkhos).

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Chicago

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