synaxarion
Meanings
noun
- A compilation of hagiographies in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.
Word forms
Etymology
Ancient Greek συναξάριον (sunaxárion), from συνάγειν (sunágein, “to bring together”).
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