pentecostarion

noun

pen·​te·​cos·​ta·​ri·​on

-käˌ-

plural -s

: a liturgical book in the Eastern Church containing offices for the period from Easter Sunday to the first Sunday after Pentecost

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek pentēkostarion, from pentēkostē Pentecost

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