metochion

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετόχιον (metókhion).

Noun

metochion (plural metochia)

1. An ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition.
   • 2011, Filip Van Tricht, The Latin Renovatio of Byzantium: The Empire of Constantinople (1204-1228):

     In April 1220 he bestowed the metochion Mileas, which shortly before had been recovered from an unnamed secular lord, upon the Church of Saint Praxedis in Rome.

Translations

ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition

• French: métoque (fr) m
• Russian: метох m (metox), подворье (ru) n (podvorʹje)