prōˈkīməˌnän noun
( plural prokeime·na -_nə)
Etymology: Late Greek, from Greek, neuter of prokeimenōs, present participle of prokeisthai to lie before, precede, from pro- pro- (I) + keisthai to lie — more at cemetery
: a short anthem sung in Eastern churches before the reading of a passage from the Acts, the Epistles, or the Apocalypse