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Meaning of metochion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition.

Equivalents

Bosanski метох
Ελληνικά μετόχι
Français métoque
Hrvatski метох
Русский метох подворье
Српски метох

Examples

“In April 1220 he bestowed the metochion Mileas, which shortly before had been recovered from an unnamed secular lord, upon the Church of Saint Praxedis in Rome.”

CEFR level

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

metoclopramide metocurine metodichka metœci metœcus metoestrus

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