menologium
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
Meaning
7 sensesA 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 Roman farming menologia show the astrological information and religious festivals for each month along with their matching agricultural activities.
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
(capitalized, often)Synonym of menaion, a book detailing the propers and hagiographic canons for the fixed dates of the liturgical year.
(capitalized, often)Synonym of synaxarium, a hagiography covering similar material equivalent to a Catholic martyrology.
Synonym of kalendar, any monthly list of saints' days or liturgical readings.
(capitalized, often)A work providing biographies of uncanonized members of a religious order in similar style to a martyrology, frequently read within the order but forbidden for use with the liturgy itself.
(capitalized, often, uncommon)Synonym of martyrology, a hagiography of Catholic saints.
(historical)Synonym of menologem, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the Byzantine Empire.
Translations
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Origin
From Medieval Latin mēnologium, from Ancient and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion),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.
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Forms
plural: menologiums / menologiaSynonyms
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