ATHOS

Meaning of ATHOS in English

[Greek] One of the Gigantes who tried to storm the heavens. He hurled a mountain at Zeus, but the chief god had it drop down at before the coast of Macedonia (where now lies the 'holy mountain' Athos).

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ATHOS — /ath"ohs, ay"thos/ ; Gk. /ah"thaws/ , n. Mount 1. the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ATHOS — Athos BrE AmE ˈæθ ɒs ˈeɪθ- AmE -ɑːs —Modern Greek [ ˈa θɔs \]
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ATHOS — Афон
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ATHOS — гора Афон
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ATHOS — (n) Афон
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ATHOS — гора Афон
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ATHOS, MOUNT — geographical name mountain NE Greece at E end of Acte Peninsula; site of a number of monasteries
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ATHOS, MOUNT — Mountain, northern Greece. Reaching a height of 6,670 ft (2,033 m), it occupies Aktí, a promontory of the Chalcidice Peninsula. …
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ATHOS, MOUNT — geographical name mountain NE Greece at E end of Acte Peninsula; site of a number of monasteries
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ATHOS, MOUNT — also called Holy Mountain, Modern Greek thos ros, or yion ros, mountain in northern Greece, site of a semiautonomous republic …
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ATHOS, MOUNT — Mountain, northern Greece. Reaching a height of 6,670 ft (2,033 m), it occupies Aktí, a promontory of the Chalcidice Peninsula. …
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SINGITIC GULF — Inlet of the Aegean Sea , northeastern Greece. It is the larger and deeper of two gulfs (the other being …
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MOUNT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Ararat Mount Aso Mount Athos Mount Cameroon Mount Elbrus Mount Elgon Mount Etna Mount …
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ATHONITE — I. ˈathəˌnīt adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Athon-, Athos Athos, mountain in northeastern Greece (from Greek Athōs — accusative …
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HESYCHAST — -kast noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle Greek hēsychastēs, from Late Greek, quietist, hermit, Greek hēsychazein to …
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CALOYER — (n.) A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one …
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CALOYER — ( n. ) A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HESYCHAST — — Hesychastic , adj. /hes"i kast'/ , n. one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century …
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ATHONITE — /ath"euh nuyt'/ , adj. of or relating to Mount Athos. [ 1885-90; Athon-, s. of Athos ( Athós ATHOS) + …
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SINGITIC GULF — Modern Greek Singitiks Klpos, also called Klpos Ayion rous, the larger and deeper of two gulfs extending into the southeastern …
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PALAMAS, SAINT GREGORY — born Nov. 11/14, 1296, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Tur.] died 1359, Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire [now in Greece]; canonized 1368 Orthodox monk, …
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NICODEMUS THE HAGIORITE, SAINT — born 1748, Naxos Island, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece] died July 14, 1809, Mount Athos; canonized May 31, 1955 also …
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GREGORY OF SINAI — born 13th century died Nov. 27, 1346, Mt. Paroria, near modern Burgas, Bulg. also called Gregory Sinaites Greek Orthodox monk, …
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GREECE, CHURCH OF — also called Greek Orthodox Church, the established church of Greece, and one of the most important autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, …
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EUTHYMIUS THE HAGIORITE — Georgian Ekvthime Mthatzmideli (Euthymius of the Holy Mountain) born c. 955, , Georgia, Transcaucasia died May 13, 1028, Mt. Athos, …
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CYDONES, PROCHORUS — born c. 1330, , Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire died c. 1369, , Mount Athos also spelled Prochoros Kydones Eastern Orthodox monk, …
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CHALCIDICE — Modern Greek Khalkidhik, peninsula, northern Greece, and a noms (department) terminating in (eastwest) the three fingerlike promontories of Kassndra, Sithona, …
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CALLISTUS — died 1363, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey] Greek Callistos patriarch of Constantinople, theologian, and hagiographer, an advocate of a Byzantine school …
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ATHANASIUS THE ATHONITE, SAINT — born c. 920, , Trebizond, Asia Minor died c. 1000, , Mt. Athos, Greece; feast day May 2 also called …
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ATHANASIUS I — born 1230, Adrianople died Oct. 28, 1310, Constantinople Byzantine monk and patriarch of Constantinople, who directed the opposition to the …
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ANTHONY OF KIEV — born , Ukraine died 1073, Kiev also called Anthony of Pechersk founder of Russian monasticism through the introduction of the …
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