Catholicos

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catholicos \Ca*thol"i*cos\, n. [NL. See {Catholic}.] (Eccl.)
     The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at
     Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction
     over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of
     Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of
     Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.


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     Note: The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of
           the Armenians in Turkey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Catholicos
       n : the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and
           Armenian churches