artos

Meaning

Noun

a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρτος ("leavened loaf"), probably from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀵, from the compound word 𐀀𐀵𐀡𐀦. Compare Greek αρτοποιός ("baker").

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