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kellion

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[ke-lee-on] / kɛˈli ɒn /

noun

Eastern Church.

a small community of monks.
a cell in a monastery.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

kellia

plural

Etymology

Origin of kellion

< Late Greek: little cell, equivalent to Latin cell ( a ) cell + Greek -ion diminutive suffix

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