catholicos

noun, ca·thol·i·cos often capitalized \kə-ˈthȯ-li-kȯs\

plural ca·thol·i·cos·es\-kȯ-səz\ or ca·thol·i·coi\-ˌkȯi\

Definition of CATHOLICOS

: a primate of certain Eastern churches and especially of the Armenian or of the Nestorian church

Late Greek katholikos, from Greek, general

First Known Use: 1878

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