catholicos

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

/ kəˈθɒl ɪ kəs, -ˌkɒs /

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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.

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Also catholicus, katholikos.

Origin of catholicos

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

Words nearby catholicos

Catholic Epistles, Catholicism, catholicity, catholicize, catholicon, catholicos, catholicus, cathouse, Cathy, Catilinarian, Catiline

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

Word Origin for Catholicos

C17: from Greek katholikos; see catholic

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