akathist
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ακάθιστος (akáthistos, “unseated, standing”). Attested in the 1850s (as Akathist and Akathistos), after slightly earlier (1830s) German usage.
Noun
editakathist (plural akathists)
- (Christianity) A hymn dedicated to a saint, holy event, or person of the Holy Trinity, in Eastern Christian traditions. [1853]