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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pa•na•gi•a (pä′nä yē′ä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gi•as for 1.[Eastern Ch.]- Religiona ceremony in a monastery, commemorating the assumption of the Virgin Mary, in which a loaf of bread on a plate is elevated before being distributed to the monks.
- Religion(l.c.) an encolpion bearing the image of the Virgin Mary.
- Late Greek Panágia the Virgin, feminine of Greek panágios all-holy, equivalent. to pan- pan- + hágios holy
- 1680–90
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