English Explanatory Dictionary

menaion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia.

Word forms

menaion menaia

Etymology

From New Latin mēnaion, from Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”).

Synonyms

Menologium menology

Derived words

General Menaion Festal Menaion the Theotokos which fall on the fixed cycle and optionally feasts of the major saints
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