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Pa⋅na⋅gi⋅a

  [pah-nah-yee-ah]
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–noun, plural -gi⋅as for 1. Eastern Church.
1. a ceremony in a monastery, commemorating the assumption of the Virgin Mary, in which a loaf of bread on a plate is elevated before being distributed to the monks.
2. (lowercase) an encolpion bearing the image of the Virgin Mary.
Origin:
1680–90; < LGk Panágia the Virgin, fem. of Gk panágios all-holy, equiv. to pan- pan- + hágios holy
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