English Explanatory Dictionary

kathisma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A division of the psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite.
  2. A troparion, or hymn, chanted at matins after each such division of the psalter.
  3. A hinged seat used in monastic churches, having a full back attached to the wall.

Word forms

kathisma kathismas kathismata cathisma

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάθισμα (káthisma, “a seat”).

Synonyms

stasidion
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