noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiliɒn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɛpɪtɹəˈkiljən/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˈkiː-/
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General-American:/ˌɛpɪtɹɑˈkiliɔn/
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noun
Meaning 1
The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἐπιτραχήλιον (epitrakhḗlion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios, “on the neck”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns). ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios) is from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon, on top of, covering”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h1epi (“on; at; near”)) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”) + -ῐος (-ĭos) (from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix forming adjectives)).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بطرشيل
— vestment
Belarusian:
епітрахі́ль
(jepitraxílʹ)
— vestment
Bulgarian:
епитрахи́л
(epitrahíl)
— vestment
Czech:
epitrachelion
— vestment
Dutch:
epitrachelion
— vestment
Finnish:
epitrakiili
— vestment
French:
épitrachelion
— vestment
Georgian:
ოლარი
(olari)
— vestment
German:
Epitrachelion
— vestment
Greek:
επιτραχήλιο
(epitrachílio)
— vestment
Ancient Greek:
ἐπιτραχήλιον
(epitrakhḗlion)
— vestment