a band worn by Eastern Orthodox bishops around the neck and shoulders, decorated with the Christian Cross
omophorion in American English
(ˌouməˈfɔriən, -ˈfour-, ˌɑmə-)
nounWord forms: plural-phoria (-ˈfɔriə, -ˈfour-)
Eastern Churches
a liturgical stole, resembling a pallium, worn by bishops
Word origin
[1865–70; ‹ LGk ōmophórion, equiv. to Gk ōmo- (deriv. of ômos shoulder) + LGk -phorion, deriv. of Gk phérein to bear]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black belt, maverick, racism, springboard, valence