Definitions
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- noun A service book of the
Greek Church that corresponds, though very roughly, to theproprium sanctorum of theLatin breviary . They include all the movable parts of the services connected with the commemoration of saints and in particular thecanons sung in the Orthros, the office which corresponds withCatholic lauds , including the synaxaries, i. e. the historical notices regarding thesaints of the day. - noun The tables of
scriptural lessons, arranged according to months and saints' days, which are often found at the beginning ofmanuscripts of the gospels or otherlectionaries . The saints' days are briefly named and the readings indicated beside each. - noun A collection of long lives of the saints of the Greek Church, whenever these lives, are arranged according to months and days of the year.
Etymologies
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As for propriety of usage it must be confessed that the question is primarily one of convenience; but on the whole it seems desirable that the term Menologium should be limited to the fourth acceptation among those just given.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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From its derivation the term Menologium (menológion, from mén "a month") means "month-set", in other words, a book arranged according to the months.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The term Menologium is also loosely used for any calendar divided into months, as, for example, the "Anglo-Saxon Menologium" first published by Hickes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Again quite a number of works have been printed under the name Menologium by
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Although the word Menologium (in English also written Menology and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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In Matthaei's "Menologium" (Nov.Test. 1803, i.p. 765), I find that S. Luke viii. 1-4, or else S. John xx. 11-18 was the appointed Lection.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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A translation of a Menologium into Latin by cardinal Sirlet, was published by Henry Canisius, in the third volume of his _Lectiones Antiquæ_.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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_The Menologium_ answers to the Latin Martyrology.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Menæon, and the Menologium, Raderus published a collection of pious and entertaining narratives, under the title of _Viridarum Sanctorum_.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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"Menologium Scotorum" (Bonn, 1622), and in the "Acta SS.", seems to have crept in by confusing St. Kenneth, whose disciple Blane was, with a Kenneth who was King of Scotland about A.D.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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