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syncellus (iou)



syncellus noun. . E18.
[Late Latin, lit. 'cell-mate', later, domestic chaplain, from Byzantine Greek sugkellos, from sun- SYN- + Latin cella cell.]
Ecclesiastical History. Orig., an ecclesiastic who lived with a prelate; esp. the domestic chaplain of an Orthodox metropolitan or patriarch. Later, a dignitary who was associated with a prelate and succeeded to his office.