catholicos

Noun CEFR B2

kəˈθɒlɪkəs

Definitions

A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.

Equivalents

Españolcatólicos

Françaiscatholicos

DeutschKatholikos

13 more languages

العربيةجَاثليق

Հայերենկաթողիկոս

Bahasa Indonesiakatolikos

Italianocatholicos

日本語カトリコス

ქართულიკათოლიკოსი

한국어가톨리코스

Latinacatholicus

Nederlandskatholikos

Polskikatolikos

Portuguêscatholicos católico

Русскийкатолико́с

Examples

“Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

catholicosate Catholics Catholization catholysis catholyte cathomycin

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