analabos

noun

ana·​la·​bos

äˈnäləˌbȯs

plural -es

: a cloak decorated with crosses worn by monks in the Eastern Church

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek, from Greek ana- + -labos (from lambanein to take)

First Known Use

circa 1923, in the meaning defined above

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