/kah mee lahf"kee awn/ ; Eng. /kam'euh law"kee on', kah'meuh low"-/ , n. , pl. kamelaukia /-kee ah/ ; Eng. /-kee euh/ , kamelaukions . Gk. Orth. Ch.
a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
[ kamelaúkion, alter. of kalymmaúchion (deriv. of kálymma veil, covering; see CALYPTRA), perh. by assoc. with kámelos CAMEL, but sense relation unclear ]