catholicos

See also: cathólicos

English

From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic.

catholicos (plural catholicoses or catholicoi)

(Christianity) A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 252:
  Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.

high-ranking bishop or patriarch

Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܩܲܬܘܿܠܝܼܩܵܐ‎ (qatolíqā), ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (ʾaḇā d-ʾaḇāhātā), ܡܰܦ̮ܪܝܳܢܳܐ‎ (map̄ryānā)
Armenian: կաթողիկոս (hy) (katʿołikos)
Old Armenian: կաթողիկոս (katʿołikos)
Arabic: جَاثليق‎ (jaṯlīq)
Dutch: katholikos
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡托利科斯 (kǎtuōlìkēsī)
Finnish: katolikos (fi)
French: catholicos (fr) m
Georgian: კათოლიკოსი (ḳatoliḳosi)
German: Katholikos m
Hebrew: קתוליקוס‎ m (katolikos)
Hungarian: katolikosz
Italian: catholicos m
Japanese: カトリコス (katorikosu)
Korean: 가톨리코스 (gatollikoseu)
Latin: catholicus (la) m
Persian: جاثلیق‎ (fa) (jâsoliq)
Polish: katolikos (pl)
Portuguese: católico (pt)
Russian: католико́с (ru) m (katolikós)
Spanish: catolicós m
Turkish: katolikos
Ukrainian: католико́с m (katolykós)

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