# synaxarion

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A compilation of hagiographies in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.

## Etymology
Ancient Greek συναξάριον (sunaxárion), from συνάγειν (sunágein, “to bring together”).

## Source
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