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English
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σταυροπηγία (stauropēgía), from σταυρός (staurós, “cross”) (Greek σταυρός (stavrós)) + πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “secure, fix, fasten”).
Adjective
stauropegial (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a stauropegion.
- (of an Eastern Orthodoxy or an Eastern Catholic monastery, church or brotherhood) Subordinated directly to the primate of the church (e.g. the patriarch) or the synod rather than to a local bishop.
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