catholicos
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- the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churchesType of spiritual leader
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ca·thol′i·cos noun
Origin: NL. See Catholic.
Church The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.
☞ The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54