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pro·kei·me·non
\prōˈkīməˌnän\ noun
(plural prokeime·na \-_nə\)
Etymology: Late Greek, from Greek, neuter of prokeimenōs, present participle of prokeisthai to lie before, precede, from pro- pro- (I) + keisthai to lie — more at cemetery
: a short anthem sung in Eastern churches before the reading of a passage from the Acts, the Epistles, or the Apocalypse |