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Clipping of парамона́р (paramonár), from Byzantine Greek παραμοναριος (paramonarios), from παραμένω (paraménō, stand beside).

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палама́р (palamárm pers (genitive паламаря́, nominative plural паламарі́, genitive plural паламарі́в)

  1. sexton, sacristan, vestry keeper; the parishioner who acts as the priest's main assistant during the Liturgy

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