OMOPHORION


Meaning of OMOPHORION in English

/oh'meuh fawr"ee euhn, -fohr"-, om'euh-/ , n. , pl. omophoria /-fawr"ee euh, -fohr"-/ . Eastern Ch.

a liturgical stole, resembling a pallium, worn by bishops.

[ 1865-70; omophórion, equiv. to Gk omo- (deriv. of ômos shoulder) + LGk -phorion, deriv. of Gk phérein to bear ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .