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phenolion

American  
[fe-naw-lee-awn, fuh-noh-lee-uhn] / fɛˈnɔ li ɔn, fəˈnoʊ li ən /

noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

PLURAL

phenolia, phenolions

  1. phelonion.

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Omophorion, ō-mō-fō′ri-on, n. an eastern ecclesiastical vestment like the western pallium, worn over the phenolion by bishops and patriarchs at the eucharist, &c.

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