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单词 catholicos
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catholicos

[ kuh-thol-i-kuhs, -kos ]
/ kəˈθɒl ɪ kəs, -ˌkɒs /

noun, plural ca·thol·i·cos·es, ca·thol·i·coi [kuh-thol-i-koi]. /kəˈθɒl ɪˌkɔɪ/.

(often initial capital letter)Eastern Church.
  1. any of the heads of certain autocephalous churches.
  2. (in some autocephalous churches) a primate subject to a patriarch and having authority over metropolitans.
(in the early Christian church) the head of monasteries in the same city.
Also catholicus, katholikos.

Origin of catholicos

1615–25; <Late Greek katholikós, noun use of Greek adj.; see catholic

Words nearby catholicos

Catholic Epistles, Catholicism, catholicity, catholicize, catholicon, catholicos, catholicus, cathouse, Cathy, Catilinarian, Catiline
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Example sentences from the Web for catholicos

  • Nec catholicos a libero religionis exercitio impediri debere, neque cuiquam ex his licere Lutheranismum amplecti.

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  • Verissima relacion en que se da cuenta en el estado en que estan los Catholicos de Inglaterra, ete Sevilla .

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  • Omnes Episcopi et theologi responderunt Catholicos hoc non tenere.

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  • And the priest of the Christians is called "Catholicos" in the Greek tongue, because he presides alone over the whole region.

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British Dictionary definitions for catholicos

Catholicos
/ (kəˈθɒlɪkɒs) /

noun

the patriarch of the Armenian Church

Word Origin for Catholicos

C17: from Greek katholikos; see catholic
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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