metochion

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noun

An ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition.

OriginAncient Greek μετόχιον →
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Meanings

nounmetochion (plural metochia)

plural metochia

  1. An ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition.

    In April 1220 he bestowed the metochion Mileas, which shortly before had been recovered from an unnamed secular lord, upon the Church of Saint Praxedis in Rome.

    2011, Filip Van Tricht, The Latin Renovatio of Byzantium: The Empire of Constantinople (1204-1228)

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμετόχιον
  2. Englishmetochion

From Ancient Greek μετόχιον (metókhion).

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Translations

Ancient Greek μετόχιον
  • μετόχιον (metókhion)ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition
French métoque
  • métoqueecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition
Greek μετόχι
  • μετόχι (metóchi)ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition
Russian метох, подворье
  • метох (metox)ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition
  • подворье (podvorʹje)ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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