sakkos

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noun

A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).

OriginMedieval Greek σάκκος →
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Meanings

nounsakkos (plural sakkoses or sakkoi)

plural sakkoses · plural sakkoi · alternative saccos

  1. Eastern OrthodoxyA richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).

    When in 1411 Emperor John VIII Palaeologos married a daughter of Vasilii II, Grand Prince of Muscovy, he sent Moscow a splendid specimen of the liturgical vestment known as a sakkos as a gift for Metropolitan Photios.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 515

Origin

  1. Medieval Greekσάκκος
  2. Englishsakkos

From Medieval Greek σάκκος (sákkos). Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and saco.

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Translations

Greek σάκκος
  • σάκκος (sákkos)vestment
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