Catholicos

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kəˈθɒlɪkÉ™s/

Origin

From Ancient Greek καθολικός.

Full definition of catholicos

Noun

1. (Christianity) A bishop or patriarch of certain states or regions of the ancient Near East; now specifically, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
• 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 252:Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.