stichosn.
/ˈstɪkɒs/ 1. In the Greek Church, a verse or versicle.
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verset?c1225
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stichos1863
1863 R. F. Littledale Offices East. Ch. 248 At the Praises, we recite six stichoi.
1868 M. E. C. Walcott Sacred Archæol. 555 Stichos, a short varying versicle and response in the Greek liturgy... The koinonikon is a sacramental hymn and stichos, sung a little before the Communion.
2. Palaeography. A line of a stichometrically written text; a line of average length assumed in measuring the contents of a text or codex.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > [noun] > average length prose line
stichos1885
1885 G. Salmon Hist. Introd. N.T. xi. 236 (note) According to the Stichometry of Nicephorus, it [this Gospel] contained 1300 stichoi.
1911 Jrnl. Manch. Oriental Soc. 2 The amount assigned to a stichos is determined, as in all the old inscriptions, by the sense.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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