Meanings
plural sticharions · plural sticharia
- The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
The sticharion, which is held by the zone, or girdle, corresponds to the alb.
1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition1 more example
a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion.
1972, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, Agberg Ltd., published September 2000, page 232
Origin
- Ancient Greekστιχάριον
- Englishsticharion
From Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion).
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Finnish stikari
- stikariclerical garb
Italian sticario
- sticarioclerical garb
Polish sticharion
- sticharionclerical garb
Russian стиха́рь
- стиха́рь (stixárʹ)clerical garb
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