synaxarionsynaxariumn.
/sɪnakˈsɛːrɪən//sɪnakˈsɛːrɪəm/ Greek Orthodox Church.
An account of the life of a saint, read as a lesson in public worship; also, a collection of such accounts.
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1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church Gen. Introd. iv. iii. 838 (note) Now follows the Synaxarion, or extracts from the Menology.
1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church Gen. Introd. iv. iii. 890 The Synaxaria..are the abbreviated lections from the Menologion, extracted from the Menæa.
1853 Scrivener Collation Grk. MSS. Gospels p. xxx There are scattered fragments of a Synaxarion at the end of the book.
1883 P. Schaff Apostolic Christian in Hist. Christian Church II. xii. §81. 645 In all the existing Greek and Syriac lectionaries or evangeliaries and synaxaries..which contain the Scripture reading lessons for the churches.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 292/1 The Armenian synaxarium, called the synaxarium of Ter Israël.
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synaxarist n. /sɪˈnæksərɪst/ [Greek συναξαρίστης] the compiler of a synaxarion.
/sɪˈnæksərɪst/ [Greek συναξαρίστης] the compiler of a synaxarion.ΘΚΠ
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synaxarist1908
1908 J. R. Harris Side-lights New Test. Research (1909) iv. 126 The Synaxarist explains this to mean that St. Thomas himself visited China.
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