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stauropegion

noun
stau·​ro·​pe·​gion | \ ËŒstäurȯˈpÄ“ËŒyȯn\
plural stauropegia\ -​Ä“(ËŒ)yä) \

Definition of stauropegion

Eastern Church
: a church or monastery exempt from the jurisdiction of the local bishop and directly subject to the highest authority of the territorial church

History and Etymology for stauropegion

Middle Greek or New Greek stauropēgion, from Middle Greek, act of fastening a cross on the spot where a church is to be built, from Late Greek stauro- + Modern Greek -pēgion (from pēgnynai to stick in, fix, fasten together)

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