catholicos
[ kuh-thol-i-kuhs, -kos ]
noun,plural ca·thol·i·cos·es, ca·thol·i·coi [kuh-thol-i-koi]. /kəˈθɒl ɪˌkɔɪ/.
(often initial capital letter)Eastern Church.
any of the heads of certain autocephalous churches.
(in some autocephalous churches) a primate subject to a patriarch and having authority over metropolitans.
(in the early Christian church) the head of monasteries in the same city.
Origin of catholicos
11615–25; <Late Greek katholikós, noun use of Greek adj.; see catholic
- Also catholicus, katholikos.
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British Dictionary definitions for Catholicos
Catholicos
/ (kəˈθɒlɪkɒs) /
noun
the patriarch of the Armenian Church
Origin of Catholicos
1C17: from Greek katholikos; see catholic
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