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/kəˈθɒlɪkəs/ · noun
(Christianity) A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions..
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.
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Catholicos means (Christianity) A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions..
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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.
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