English Explanatory Dictionary

Octoechos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.
  2. The eight-mode system used for the composition of religious chant in Byzantine, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Latin and Slavic churches since the Middle Ages.

Word forms

Octoechos Oktoechos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀκτώηχος (Oktṓēkhos).

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