menologion

See also: Menologion

English

Alternative forms

• Menologion

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + -ο- (-o-, “-o-”) + λόγιον (lógion, “writing, record, announcement”), from λόγος (lógos, “writing, recording”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ion: forming related nouns”). Equivalent to meno- +‎ logion or menology +‎ -ion. Doublet of menologe, menologium, and menology. See horologion.

Noun

menologion (plural menologions or menologia)

1. Synonym of menologium, particularly in Greek, Byzantine, and Eastern Orthodox contexts.
   • 1936, Morgan Ward Redus, The Text of the Major Festivals on the Menologion in the Greek Gospel Lectionary, Studies in the Lectionary Text of the Greek New Testiment, Vol. II, No. 2:

     In order to make a preliminary study of the text of the menologion on the basis of evidence from the MSS accessible, the area of greatest uniformity was sought.