syncellus

English

Etymology

From Latin syncellus, from Ancient Greek σύγκελλος (súnkellos).

Noun

syncellus (plural syncelli)

  1. (Christianity) One who holds an office in an Eastern Catholic or Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church.
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