sticharion

From Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion).

sticharion (plural sticharions or sticharia)

1. The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
   • 1972, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, Agberg Ltd., published September 2000, page 232:

     a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion.

   • 1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition:

     The sticharion, which is held by the zone, or girdle, corresponds to the alb.

• alb, epigonation, epimanikion, epitrachelion, maniple, mitre, omophorion, rhason, sakkos, zone

• hair tonics

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion), from στῐ́χος (stíkhos).

• IPA^(key): /stiˈxa.rjɔn/
• Rhymes: -arjɔn
• Syllabification: sti‧cha‧rion

sticharion m inan

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) sticharion (liturgical vestment of Eastern Christianity)

• sticharion in PWN's encyclopedia