noun
omophorion
Omophorion (noun) means a strip of brocade, originally made of wool and decorated with crosses, worn around the neck and shoulders as the vestment that marks out a bishop and represents his spiritual and church authority within Eastern Christian liturgy; it corresponds to the archiepiscopal pallium of the Western Church.
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A strip of brocade, originally made of wool and decorated with crosses, worn around the neck and shoulders as the vestment that marks out a bishop and represents his spiritual and church authority within Eastern Christian liturgy; it corresponds to the archiepiscopal pallium of the Western Church.
"The bishop wears an omophorion, whose shape and manner of wearing are closer to the original pallium than either the stole or the epitrachelion."
— Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition (1998)
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Etymology
Comes from Byzantine Greek ὠμοφόριον (ōmophórion), formed from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, 'shoulder') and φέρω (phérō, 'carry').
Rhymes for omophorion
region
ablation
allusion
emulsion
ideation
novation
diffusion
elocution
extension
oxidation
perfusion
selection
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"omophorion" (noun) means a strip of brocade, originally made of wool and decorated with crosses, worn around the neck and shoulders as the vestment that marks out a bishop and represents his spiritual and church authority within Eastern Christian liturgy; it corresponds to the archiepiscopal pallium of the Western Church.
