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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
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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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