单词 | metochy |
释义 | † metochyn. Obsolete. rare. A grange or other annex belonging to a monastery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > grange of monastery grangec1405 metochy1682 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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