synaxarion
Americannoun
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synaxaria
plural
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a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
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a book containing such summaries.
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Etymology
Origin of synaxarion
1840–50; < Medieval Greek synaxárion, equivalent to sýnax ( is ) synaxis + -arion -ary
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A synaxarion, or calendar, of daily lessons—also called eclogadion.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
Its synaxarion and menology have been published by Scholz in the same place as those of Cod.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
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