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单词 caloyer
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caloyer

[ kal-uh-yer, kuh-loi-er ]
/ ˈkæl ə yər, kəˈlɔɪ ər /

noun

a monk of the Eastern Church.

Origin of caloyer

1605–15; <Middle French caloyer<Modern Greek kalógēros venerable, equivalent to kaló(s) beautiful + -gēros old (gêr(as) old age + -os adj. suffix)

Words nearby caloyer

Calori's bursa, calorize, Calot's triangle, calotte, calotype, caloyer, calpac, calpain, Calpe, calPERS, Calpurnia
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Example sentences from the Web for caloyer

  • It was restored by a Prince of Georgia or Iberia, and enlarged by his son, a caloyer.

    Visits To Monasteries in the Levant|Robert Curzon

British Dictionary definitions for caloyer

caloyer
/ (ˈkælɔɪə) /

noun

a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order

Word Origin for caloyer

C17: from French, from Medieval Greek kalogēros venerable, from Greek kalos beautiful + gēras old age
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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