catholicos

See also: cathólicos

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈθɒlɪkəs/

Noun

catholicos (plural catholicoses or catholicoi)

  1. (Christianity) A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 252:
      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.

Translations

See also

Latin

Adjective

catholicōs

  1. accusative masculine plural of catholicus

Portuguese

Adjective

catholicos

  1. masculine plural of catholico

Noun

catholicos

  1. plural of catholico