catholicos

• Nom désignant un titre ecclésiastique porté par les chefs des Églises nestorienne et arménienne.

A noun referring to the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches.

nom propre

1. Ecclesiastical titleC2formal

   The supreme head or patriarch of certain Eastern Christian churches, particularly the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East.

   Catholicos (titre ecclésiastique)

   • The Catholicos of the Armenian Church resides in Etchmiadzin.
   • The Catholicos of the East leads the Assyrian Church of the East.
   • The Catholicos delivered a sermon during the holy ceremony.

   Synonymespatriarch