Pantocrator
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin pantocrator, from Hellenistic Greek παντοκράτωρ.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pænˈtɒkɹətə/
[edit] Proper noun
Pantocrator
- The ruler of everything, especially as an epithet for Jesus Christ; an artistic depiction of Jesus in this aspect.
- 1942, On the dome, and again behind the altar, was Christ Pantocrator, the Ruler of All — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 988)
