komboskini
Meanings
noun
- 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
Etymology
From Greek κομποσκοίνι (komposkoíni, “prayer rope”).
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