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epitrachelion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

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
  • Indonesian: epitrachelion — vestment
  • Japanese: エピタラヒリ — vestment
  • Macedonian: епитра́фил (epitráfil) — vestment
  • Polish: epitrachelion — vestment
  • Romanian: epitrahil — vestment
  • Romanian: patrafir — vestment
  • Russian: епитрахи́ль (jepitraxílʹ) — vestment
  • Serbo-Croatian: епитрахиљ — vestment
  • Serbo-Croatian: epitrahilj — vestment
  • Slovak: epitrachélion — vestment
  • Spanish: epitrachelion — vestment
  • Ukrainian: єпітрахи́ль (jepitraxýlʹ) — vestment
  • Ukrainian: єпитрахиль (jepytraxylʹ) — vestment