Definitions
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- noun In the Gr. Ch., a vestment corresponding to the Latin pallium, but broader, and tied about the neck in a knot.
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- noun In the
Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition, the distinguishingvestment of abishop and the symbol of his spiritual and ecclesiastical authority. Originally of wool, it is a band of brocade decorated withcrosses and is worn about the neck and around the shoulders.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only change in the omophorion has been the augmentation of its width.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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An example would be the omophorion of the Greek Rite, use of which is a privilege not only of archbishops, but of all bishops.
Who is this guy? Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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We must suppose either that the bishops introduced directly by a positive precept as a liturgical pontifical badge a humeral cloth resembling the ordinary omophorion and called by that name, or that the civil omophorion was at first used by the bishops as a mere ornament without any special significance, but in the course of time gradually developed into a distinctively episcopal ornament, and finally assumed the character of an episcopal badge of office.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Pontifical vestments are the liturgical head-covering, excepting in the Armenian Rite where the priest also wears such a covering for the head, the sakkos, the omophorion, the epigonation, and the epimanikia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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In the miniatures of an Alexandrian "Chronicle of the World", written probably during the fifth century we already find pictorial representation of the omophorion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The correct view may well be that the pallium was introduced as a liturgical badge of the pope, and it does not seem improbable that it was adopted in imitation of its counterpart, the pontifical omophorion, already in vogue in the Eastern Church.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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It is even possible, though not demonstrated, that, as early as the close of the pre-Constantinian period, liturgical insignia came into use among the bishops and deacons, as the orarion, or stole, and the omophorion or pallium.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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The omophorion and orarion were the first to receive symbolical interpretation, which was given by Isidore of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Europe are: the under-tunic (alb), the cincture, stole, chasuble, and omophorion (pallium).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Attempts have been made to prove that the omophorion was simply an evolution of the ordinary mantle or pallium, but it was most probably derived from the civil omophorion, a shoulder garment or shawl in general use.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
brtom commented on the word omophorion
With beaded mitre and with crozier, stalled upon his throne, widower of a widowed see, with upstiffed omophorion, with clotted hinderparts.
Joyce, Ulysses, 3
December 30, 2006