Maphrian

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    catholicos, high-ranking bishop Syriac, West

    "Tabriz was not subordinated directly to the Patriarchate with the nominal see in Antioch in Syria, but to the so-called Maphrian, who administered the entire East of the West-Syrian sphere from Mesopotamia to Central Asia."

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"Tabriz was not subordinated directly to the Patriarchate with the nominal see in Antioch in Syria, but to the so-called Maphrian, who administered the entire East of the West-Syrian sphere from Mesopotamia to Central Asia."

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܡܲܦ̮ܪܝܵܢܵܐ (map̄ryānā, “one who causes to be abundant”).

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