metochion

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metochion

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From Ancient Greek μετόχιον (metókhion).

noun metochia

  1. An ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition. In April 1220 he bestowed the metochion Mileas, which shortly before had been recovered from an unnamed secular lord, upon the Church of Saint Praxedis in Rome.

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noun ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition

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Ελληνικάμετόχι metóchi
Русскийметох metox, подворье podvorʹje

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@misc{metochion_2026,
  title = {metochion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metochion},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}