catholicos

American  

[kuh-thol-i-kuhs, -kos] / kəˈθɒl ɪ kəs, -ˌkɒs /

noun

plural

catholicoses, catholicoi

1. (often initial capital letter)

   1. any of the heads of certain autocephalous churches.

   2. (in some autocephalous churches) a primate subject to a patriarch and having authority over metropolitans.

2. (in the early Christian church) the head of monasteries in the same city.

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Catholicos British  

/ kəˈθɒlɪkɒs /

noun

1. the patriarch of the Armenian Church

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Etymology

Origin of catholicos

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

Example Sentences

If true, Pashinyan's allegation would make the Catholicos unfit for office.

From BBC

Under the Church's by-laws, only monks who took a vow of celibacy can be elected a Catholicos.

From BBC

He offered as evidence two redacted statements that showed transfers of $450,000 from a diocese account at Pacific Western Bank with the memo line “Catholicos of All Armenians,” the English term for the Armenian-based leader of the church.

From Los Angeles Times

Armenian Apostolic Church head Catholicos Garegin II and other top clerics have called for him to step down.

From Washington Times

The head of the church, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, urged the prime minister to resign in a statement, saying that the move would “prevent upheavals in public life, as well as possible clashes and tragic consequences.”

From Washington Times