troparion

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek τροπάριον (tropárion)

Noun

troparion (plural troparions or troparia)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy, music) A short hymn of one stanza, or organised in more complex forms as a series of stanzas.

   Coordinate term: apolytikion

   • 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 31:

     When awakened, Kyr Avram sits in bed and, as if out of fear, sings troparia and contakia in honor of his ancestors, whom the Serbian church has declared saints.

Derived terms

• Paschal troparion

 

Translations

Orthodox hymn

• Greek: τροπάριο (el) n (tropário)

Further reading

• troparion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• proration