Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tomos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: to-mos
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information.

noun

Example Sentences

"According to the Patriarch, once UOC is granted the tomos, all bishops of the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, and the Moscow Patriarchate, who addressed the Ecumenical Patriarch with a request for autocephaly, should gather for the Unification Council, TV Channel 5 reports."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”). Doublet of tome.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: τόμος

Inflected Forms

tomoi (plural)

Questions

What does tomos mean?: An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information.
Where does tomos come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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