prokeimenon

noun

pro·​kei·​me·​non

prōˈkīməˌnän

plural prokeimena

-nə

: a short anthem sung in Eastern churches before the reading of a passage from the Acts, the Epistles, or the Apocalypse

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek, from Greek, neuter of prokeimenōs, present participle of prokeisthai to lie before, precede, from pro- pro- entry 1 + keisthai to lie

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