sticherarion

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noun

A hymnbook containing the stichera for the morning and evening services throughout the year.

OriginGreek στιχηράριο →
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Meanings

nounsticherarion (plural sticheraria)

plural sticheraria

  1. A hymnbook containing the stichera for the morning and evening services throughout the year.

    On the margins of the sticherarion, the writer has made a number of remarkable notations of a chronological and mundane nature.

    1984, Henrik Birnbaum, Medieval Russian Culture, page 61

Origin

  1. Greekστιχηράριο
  2. Englishsticherarion

From Greek στιχηράριο (stichirário), from στιχηρά (stichirá), ultimately from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos).

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APA

sticherarion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticherarion

MLA

“sticherarion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticherarion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sticherarion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticherarion.

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