stauropegial

noun, plural stau·ro·pe·gi·a

[-yee-ah; English -jee-uh] . Greek Orthodox Church.

(in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.

Origin:
< Medieval Greek stauropḗgion, equivalent to Greek stauró(s) a cross + pēg(nýnai) to fix, fasten + -ion noun suffix

Related forms

stau·ro·pe·gi·al

[stav-roh-pee-jee-uh

l] , adjective

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