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Menologium

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/ˌmɛnəˈloʊdʒiəm/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mēnologium, from Ancient and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), from μήν (mḗn, “month”) + λόγιον (lógion, “writing, record, announcement”), itself from λόγος (lógos, “writing, recording”). Doublet of menologion, menologe, and menology.

  1. derived from μηνολόγιον
  2. borrowed from mēnologium

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of menologium, particularly in reference to (Eastern…

    Alternative letter-case form of menologium, particularly in reference to (Eastern Orthodoxy) specific editions of the menaia or synaxaria or (Roman Catholicism) biographical records of members of religious orders.

    • The Menologium of Basil II is an important work for understanding the medieval Byzantine church.

  2. A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month,…

    A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and

    • The elder Pliny advises the sowing of certain crops between the Saturnalia (fixed at 17 December) and the Compitalia, which the roughly contemporary menologia indefinitely set in January.
    • The Roman farming menologia show the astrological information and religious festivals for each month along with their matching agricultural activities.

  3. Synonym of menologem, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the…

    Synonym of menologem, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the Byzantine Empire.

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Derived

menological

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