Definitions for Panagia

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Panagia Pa·na·gi·a

Spelling: [pah-nah-yee-ah]

IPA: /ˌpɑ nɑˈyi ɑ/

Panagia is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in Panagia (aaaginp).

Definitions for Panagia

noun

1. a ceremony in a monastery, commemorating the assumption of the Virgin Mary, in which a loaf of bread on a plate is elevated before being distributed to the monks.
2. (lowercase) an encolpion bearing the image of the Virgin Mary.

Origin of Panagia

1680-90; Late Greek Panágia the Virgin, feminine of Greek panágios all-holy, equivalent to pan- pan- + hágios holy

Examples for Panagia

The retirement of the hordes at sight of the Panagia on the wall was by Mahommed's order.

At the foot of the steps the singers turned aside to allow the Panagia to go first.

Even the very timid took heart, and went about thanking God and the Panagia Blachernitissa.

The Panagia or pyx worn by a bishop, or higher prelate, is often an exquisite piece of jewelry.

He asked me whether they resembled the pictures of the Panagia, the Holy Virgin, which hang in every church.

Whatever the form, it were not becoming to stand between the Panagia and the enemy.