epitrachelion
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epitrachelion
- /ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiliɒn/ UK
- /ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiljən/ UK
- /-ˈkiː-/ UK
- /ˌɛpɪtɹɑˈkiliɔn/ US
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Borrowed from Medieval Greek ἐπιτραχήλιον (epitrakhḗlion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios, “on the neck”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns). ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios) is from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon, on top of, covering”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on; at; near”)) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”) + -ῐος (-ĭos) (from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix forming adjectives)).
noun epitrachelions
- The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole. [A] little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion.
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noun vestment
| Español | epitrachelion |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | エピタラヒリ |
| Français | épitrachelion |
| Deutsch | Epitrachelion |
| Ελληνικά | επιτραχήλιο epitrachílio |
| Română | epitrahil, patrafir |
| Русский | епитрахи́ль jepitraxílʹ |
| العربية | بطرشيل |
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