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catholicos

  • /kəˈθɒlɪkəs/ UK

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From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic.

noun catholicoses · catholicoi

  1. A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions. Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.

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noun high-ranking bishop or patriarch

Españolcatolicós
한국어가톨리코스 gatollikoseu
日本語カトリコス katorikosu
中文卡托利科斯 kǎtuōlìkēsī
Portuguêscatólico
Françaiscatholicos
DeutschKatholikos
Italianocatholicos
Русскийкатолико́с katolikós
العربيةجَاثليق jaṯlīq
עבריתקתוליקוס katolikos

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@misc{catholicos_2026,
  title = {catholicos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catholicos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}