caloyer
[ kal-uh-yer, kuh-loi-er ]
/ ˈkæl ə yər, kəˈlɔɪ ər /
noun
a monk of the Eastern Church.
Origin of caloyer
1605–15; < Middle French
caloyer < Modern Greek
kalógēros venerable, equivalent to
kaló(s) beautiful +
-gēros old (
gêr(as) old age +
-os adj. suffix)
Words nearby caloyer
Example sentences from the Web for caloyer
It was restored by a Prince of Georgia or Iberia, and enlarged by his son, a caloyer.
Visits To Monasteries in the Levant |Robert Curzon
British Dictionary definitions for caloyer
caloyer
/ (ˈkælɔɪə) /
noun
a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order
Word Origin for caloyer
C17: from French, from Medieval Greek
kalogēros venerable, from Greek
kalos beautiful +
gēras old age