noun
sakkos
Sakkos (noun) means an elaborately decorated robe worn by bishops in the Orthodox Church in place of the garment ordinary priests wear.
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An elaborately decorated robe worn by bishops in the Orthodox Church in place of the garment ordinary priests wear.
"When in 1411 Emperor John VIII Palaeologos married a daughter of Vasilii II, Grand Prince of Muscovy, he sent Moscow a splendid specimen of the liturgical vestment known as a sakkos as a gift for Metropolitan Photios."
— Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (2009)
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Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σάκκος (sákkos). Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and saco.
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"sakkos" (noun) means an elaborately decorated robe worn by bishops in the Orthodox Church in place of the garment ordinary priests wear.
