troparion

noun

tro·​pa·​rion

trȯˈpär(ˌ)yȯn

plural troparia

-yä

: a short hymn in rhythmic prose sung or chanted liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church

specifically : a stanza of an ode (see ode sense 2)

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek, diminutive of Greek tropos trope

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

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