Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irmologion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ir-molo-gion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A liturgical book containing irmoi for the various canons chanted during the morning service.

Example Sentences

"Although an Irmologion, as its name suggests, is essentially a collection of irmosy or the nine hymns sung during Matins, the earlier Belorussian Irmologia contain in addition all manner of chants from the Holy Liturgy, Vespers and Matins, Festival and Holy Week services, […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἱρμολόγιον (heirmológion).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: εἱρμολόγιον

Inflected Forms

irmologia (plural) heirmologion (alternative) hirmologion (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

irmos

Questions

What does irmologion mean?: A liturgical book containing irmoi for the various canons chanted during the morning service.
Where does irmologion come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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