kathisma

American  

[kah-theez-mah, ka-thiz-muh] / ˈkɑ θiz mɑ, kæˈθɪz mə /

Or cathisma

noun

• kathismata,
  plural
• cathismata
  plural

1. one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cathismata
  plural
• kathismata
  plural

Etymology

Origin of kathisma

First recorded in 1850–60; from Medieval Greek, Greek káthisma “seat,” from kathízein “to sit down” (equivalent to kat- kat- + hízein “to set, sit”; see sit ¹) + -isma -ism ( def. )

Example Sentences

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cathismata

Cathisma, ka-thiz′ma, n. in Greek use, a portion of the psalter, there being altogether twenty cathismata: a troparion or short hymn used as a response.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various