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sy•na•xa•ri•on
(sē′nä ksä′rē ôn; Eng. sin′ak sâr′ē on′),USA pronunciation n., pl. sy•na•xa•ri•a (sē′nä ksä′rē ä; Eng. sin′ak sâr′ē ə).USA pronunciation [Gk. Orth. Ch.]
- Religiona summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- Religiona book containing such summaries.
- Medieval Greek synaxárion, equivalent. to sýnax(is) synaxis + -arion -ary
- 1840–50
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