English Explanatory Dictionary

synaxis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A congregation.
  2. A day following a Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, on which a person related to the events is remembered. For example, the Synaxis of John the Baptist follows the Theophany (Baptism of Christ), the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel follows the Annunciation, and the Synaxis of the Theotokos follows Christmas Day.
name
  1. The Lord's Supper.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈnæksɪs/

Word forms

synaxis synaxes

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek σύναξις (súnaxis, “gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather”). See synagogue.

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