Meaning of Menologium | Babel Free

Definitions

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
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
3. Synonym of menaion, a book detailing the propers and hagiographic canons for the fixed dates of the liturgical year.
   capitalized, often
4. Synonym of synaxarium, a hagiography covering similar material equivalent to a Catholic martyrology.
   capitalized, often
5. Synonym of kalendar, any monthly list of saints' days or liturgical readings.
6. 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
7. Synonym of martyrology, a hagiography of Catholic saints.
   capitalized, often, uncommon
8. Synonym of menologem, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the Byzantine Empire.
   historical

Examples

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

“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.”

“The Roman farming menologia show the astrological information and religious festivals for each month along with their matching agricultural activities.”

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