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catholicos en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kəˈθɒlɪkəs/ (UK)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic.

Meanings

1. A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
   • Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 252:

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Relateds

maphrian

Translations (26)

ru католико́с (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · syc ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬܹ̈ܐ (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · he קתוליקוס (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · fa جاثلیق (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · cmn 卡托利科斯 (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · xcl կաթողիկոս (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · ka კათოლიკოსი (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · syc ܡܰܦ̮ܪܝܳܢܳܐ (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · syc ܩܲܬܘܿܠܝܼܩܵܐ (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · pl katolikos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · tr katolikos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · nl katholikos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · ko 가톨리코스 (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · la catholicus (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · fr catholicos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · pt católico (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · hy կաթողիկոս (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · ar جَاثليق (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · fi katolikos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · es catolicós (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · id katolikos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · uk католико́с (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · it catholicos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · hu katolikosz (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · de Katholikos (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) · ja カトリコス (high-ranking bishop or patriarch)