Sakkos
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sakkos is a noun meaning (Eastern Orthodoxy) A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).
Meaning
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).
Example Sentences
When in 1411 Emperor John VIII Palaeologos married a daughter of Vasilii II, Grand Prince of Muscovy, he sent Moscow a splendid specimen of the liturgical vestment known as a sakkos as a gift for Metropolitan Photios.
Word Forms
- sakkoses
- sakkoi
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saccos, rochet, omophorion, amphibalus, vakass, cassock.
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