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Noun

1. 1
   A compilation of hagiographies in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.

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martyrology

Etymology

Ancient Greek συναξάριον (sunaxárion), from συνάγειν (sunágein, “to bring together”).

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