epitrachelion
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἐπιτραχήλιον (epitrakhḗlion), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. + -ιον (-ion, “diminutive suffix forming nouns”). ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios) is from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on; at; near”)) + Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. + -ῐος (-ios) (from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (“suffix forming adjectives”)).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiliɒn/, /ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiljən/, /-ˈkiː-/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɛpɪtɹɑˈkiliɔn/
- Hyphenation: epi‧tra‧che‧li‧on
Noun
epitrachelion (plural epitrachelions)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- 1984, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, San Francisco, Calif.: Underwood–Miller, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: IBooks, 2000, →ISBN, page 232:
- [A] little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion.
- 1987, The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 26, Chicago, Ill.: Encyclopædia Britannica, →ISBN, page 878, column 2:
- The epitrachelion is the Orthodox equivalent of the stole, but it hangs straight instead of being crossed over the chest, as is the case with the stole in Western churches.
- 2014, Linda Safran, “Notes”, in The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy (Middle Ages Series), Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 373, footnote 14:
- The colorful tassels of the visible ends of the hierarchs' epitrachelions suggest a late-fourteenth century date.
- 1984, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, San Francisco, Calif.: Underwood–Miller, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: IBooks, 2000, →ISBN, page 232:
Coordinate terms
Translations
vestment
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References
- “epitrachelion”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 11 February 2017.
- “epitrachelion”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “epitrachelion”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 11 February 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
Further reading
epitrachelion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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