Definitions For Menologium

Noun

MENOLOGIUM (plural s or menologia) 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 : {{ux, en, The Roman farming menologia show the astrological information and religious festivals for each month along with their matching agricultural activities.}} (Eastern Orthodoxy, often, _, capitalized) {{synonym of, en, menaion, nodot=1}}, a book detailing the propers and hagiographic canons for the fixed dates of the liturgical year. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often, _, capitalized) {{synonym of, en, synaxarium, nodot=1}}, a hagiography covering similar material equivalent to a catholic martyrology. (Eastern Orthodoxy) {{synonym of, en, kalendar, nodot=1}}, any monthly list of saints' days or liturgical readings. (Roman Catholicism, often, _, capitalized) 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. (Roman Catholicism, uncommon, often, _, capitalized) {{synonym of, en, martyrology, nodot=1}}, a hagiography of catholic saints. (historical) {{synonym of, en, menologem, nodot=a}}, a stylized date acting as a signature on some documents of the byzantine empire.

Synonyms

menologion {{q, chiefly Greek contexts}}, menology {{q, chiefly Mesopotamian contexts or inexact}}, menologe {{q, rare}}

Derived terms

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Translations

French: ménologe Greek: Ancient: μηνολόγιον, n Modern: μηνολόγιο, n, μηναίο, n Italian: menologio Latin: menologium, n, menologio, n Russian: месяцеслов, m Spanish: menología {{c, en, Books, Months, Calendar, Byzantine Empire}}

Alternative forms

Menologium

Etymology

from {{bor + en + ml. + mēnologium}}, from {{w + ancient greek language + ancient}} and {{der + en + gkm + μηνολόγιον}}, from μήν + + month + -ο-/">month + -ο- + + -o- + λόγιον/">-o- + λόγιον + + writing, record, announcement, from λόγος/">writing, record, announcement, from λόγος + + writing, recording + -ιον/">writing, recording + -ιον + + -ion: emforming related nouns/em. equivalent to menology/">-ion: forming related nouns. equivalent to menology + ium. {{doublet + en + menologion + menologe + menology}}. see also horologium. {{cln, en, terms prefixed with meno-}}