sakkos en · NOUN
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σάκκος (sákkos). Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and saco.
Meanings
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(qualifier:Eastern Orthodoxy) A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).
When in 1411 Emperor John VIII Palaeologos married a daughter of Vasilii II, Grand Prince of Muscovy, he sent Moscow a splendid specimen of the liturgical vestment known as a sakkos as a gift for Metropolitan Photios.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 515:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sakkoi | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sakkoses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| saccos | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
epigonation · rhason · epimanikion · maniple · omophorion · epitrachelion · zone · alb · sticharion
Translations (1)
el σάκκος (vestment)