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单词 metochy
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metochyn.

Forms: 1600s metochy, 1800s metochi.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μετόχιον.
Etymology: < Byzantine Greek μετόχιον ( > post-classical Latin metochium (early 13th cent.)) < ancient Greek μέτοχος partaking, sharing ( < μετα- meta- prefix + -οχος (O-grade form related to ἔχειν to have: see Hector n.), after μετέχειν to share) + -ιον , diminutive suffix (compare -y suffix4). Compare ancient Greek μετοχή participation, sharing.Compare isolated loan of ancient Greek μετοχή as a term for a proposed administrative unit for the division of Britain: 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 206 The second year, the Metoche, consisting of eight Wards electeth eight Aldermen, one in each ward; and an hundred and twenty Deputies, fifteen in each Ward; being also Trienniall Magistrates.
Obsolete. rare.
A grange or other annex belonging to a monastery.
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1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iv. 325 Near this Harbour the Convent hath a Metochy, or Farm.
1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xvi. 149 A little metochi [Sw. metochi (1862)], or annex to the Jerusalem monastery.
1986 J. M. Hussey Orthodox Church in Byzantine Empire ii. 322 In the early fourteenth century he [sc. Athanasius]..was able to go to a metochion in Crete belonging to St Catherine of Sinai.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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