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kathisma

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ka⋅this⋅ma

  [Gk. kah-theez-mah; Eng. ka-thiz-muh]
–noun, plural ka⋅this⋅ma⋅ta  [Gk. kah-theez-mah-tah; Eng. ka-thiz-muh-tuh] .
one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
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Origin:
< MGk, Gk káthisma seat, equiv. to kathís(is) a sitting (equiv. to kathid-, s. of kathízein to sit down (itself equiv. to kat- kat- + hízein to set, sit; see sit ) + -sis -sis, with -ds- > -s-) + -ma agent suffix
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