English Explanatory Dictionary

ktetor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who funds the building or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery.

Word forms

ktetor ktetors

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κτήτωρ (ktḗtōr). The alternative form ktitor likely came via a Slavic intermediary such as Macedonian ктитор (ktitor) or Serbo-Croatian ktitor.

Related words

ktetory
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