Catholicos (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural ca·thol·i·cos·es, ca·thol·i·coi [kuh-thol-i-koi]. /kəˈθɒl ɪˌkɔɪ/.
  1. (often initial capital letter)Eastern Church.
    • any of the heads of certain autocephalous churches.
    • (in some autocephalous churches) a primate subject to a patriarch and having authority over metropolitans.
  2. (in the early Christian church) the head of monasteries in the same city.
noun
  1. the patriarch of the Armenian Church
Catholicos (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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