SAKKOS

Etymology

Noun

sakkos (plural sakkoses or sakkoi)

(Eastern Orthodoxy) A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).

Coordinate terms

• alb, epigonation, epimanikion, epitrachelion, maniple, omophorion, rhason, sticharion, zone

Source: Wiktionary



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