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Menologium

//ˌmɛnəˈloʊdʒiəm// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of menologium, particularly in reference to (Eastern Orthodoxy) specific editions of the menaia or synaxaria or (Roman Catholicism) biographical records of members of religious orders. alt-of

    "The Menologium of Basil II is an important work for understanding the medieval Byzantine church."

Noun
  1. 1
    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and

    "The elder Pliny advises the sowing of certain crops between the Saturnalia (fixed at 17 December) and the Compitalia, which the roughly contemporary menologia indefinitely set in January."

  2. 2
    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and; Synonym of menaion, a book detailing the propers and hagiographic canons for the fixed dates of the liturgical year. capitalized, often
  3. 3
    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and; Synonym of synaxarium, a hagiography covering similar material equivalent to a Catholic martyrology. capitalized, often
  4. 4
    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and; Synonym of kalendar, any monthly list of saints' days or liturgical readings.
  5. 5
    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and; A work providing biographies of uncanonized members of a religious order in similar style to a martyrology, frequently read within the order but forbidden for use with the liturgy itself. capitalized, often
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  1. 6
    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and; Synonym of martyrology, a hagiography of Catholic saints. capitalized, often, uncommon
  2. 7
    Synonym of menologem, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the Byzantine Empire. historical

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mēnologium, from Ancient and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), from μήν (mḗn, “month”) + λόγιον (lógion, “writing, record, announcement”), itself from λόγος (lógos, “writing, recording”). Doublet of menologion, menologe, and menology.

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