catholicos

[ kuh-thol-i-kuhs, -kos ]

noun,plural ca·thol·i·cos·es, ca·thol·i·coi

[kuh-thol-i-koi]. /kəˈθɒl ɪˌkɔɪ/.

(often initial capital letter)Eastern Church.
- any of the heads of certain autocephalous churches.
- (in some autocephalous churches) a primate subject to a patriarch and having authority over metropolitans.
(in the early Christian church) the head of monasteries in the same city.

Origin of catholicos

1615–25; <Late Greek katholikós, noun use of Greek adj.; see catholic

Also catholicus, katholikos.

Words Nearby catholicos

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How to use catholicos in a sentence

Nec catholicos a libero religionis exercitio impediri debere, neque cuiquam ex his licere Lutheranismum amplecti.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Hisce responsionibus confisum Parlamentum Angliae catholicos admisit ad participationem iurium civilium.
The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Omnes Episcopi et theologi responderunt catholicos hoc non tenere.
The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
And the priest of the Christians is called "catholicos" in the Greek tongue, because he presides alone over the whole region.
History of the Wars, Books I and II (of 8) | Procopius
Sculares qui natale Domini, pascha et pentecosten non communicaverint, catholici non credantur nec inter catholicos habeantur.
Rites and Ritual | Philip Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for Catholicos

Catholicos

/ (kəˈθɒlɪkɒs) /

noun

the patriarch of the Armenian Church

Origin of Catholicos

C17: from Greek katholikos; see catholic

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