komboskini

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.

Word forms

komboskini

Etymology

From Greek κομποσκοίνι (komposkoíni, “prayer rope”).

Synonyms

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