stauropegion

stauropegion
stauropegial /stav'roh pee"jee euhl/, adj.
/stahv'rddaw pee"yee awn/; Eng. /stav'roh pee"jee on'/, n., pl. stauropegia /-yee ah/; Eng. /-jee euh/. Gk. Orth. Ch.
(in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
[ < MGk stauropégion, equiv. to Gk stauró(s) a cross + peg(nýnai) to fix, fasten + -ion n. suffix]

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