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kellion

[ ke-lee-on ]

noun

, Eastern Church.
, plural kel·li·a [ke-, lee, -, uh].
  1. a small community of monks.
  2. a cell in a monastery.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kellion1

< Late Greek: little cell, equivalent to Latin cell ( a ) cell + Greek -ion diminutive suffix

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