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catholicos

ca·thol·i·cos
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-thol-i-kuh s, -kos]
    • /kəˈθɒl ɪ kəs, -ˌkɒs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-thol-i-kuh s, -kos]
    • /kəˈθɒl ɪ kəs, -ˌkɒs/

Definitions of catholicos word

  • noun catholicos the patriarch of the Armenian Church 3
  • noun plural catholicos (often initial capital letter) Eastern Church. any of the heads of certain autocephalous churches. (in some autocephalous churches) a primate subject to a patriarch and having authority over metropolitans. 1
  • noun plural catholicos (in the early Christian church) the head of monasteries in the same city. 1
  • noun catholicos (Christianity) A bishop or patriarch of certain states or regions of the ancient Near East; now specifically, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. 0

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Origin of catholicos

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Late Greek katholikós, noun use of Greek adj.; see catholic

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Parts of speech for Catholicos

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

catholicos popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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