caloyer

[ kal-uh-yer, kuh-loi-er ]

noun
  1. a monk of the Eastern Church.

Origin of caloyer

1
1605–15; <Middle French caloyer<Modern Greek kalógēros venerable, equivalent to kaló(s) beautiful + -gēros old (gêr(as) old age + -os adj. suffix)

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caloyer

/ (ˈkælɔɪə) /


noun
  1. a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order

Origin of caloyer

1
C17: from French, from Medieval Greek kalogēros venerable, from Greek kalos beautiful + gēras old age

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