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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia.

Synonyms

All synonyms

menologiummenologiummenology

Etymology

From New Latin mēnaion, from Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”).

Related phrases

Festal MenaionGeneral Menaionand optionally feasts of the major saintsthe Theotokos which fall on the fixed cycleeastern orthodox

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