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Definition of Stichera
1. sticheron [n] - See also: sticheron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stichera
Literary usage of Stichera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hymns of the Eastern Church by John Mason Neale, Stephen Georgeson Hatherly (1882)
"[ * There are two sets of stichera in the ordinary Vesper service : the first,
or stichera proper, occurring with the permanent lection of the Psalms—140, ..."
2. Hymns of the Eastern Church by John Mason Neale (1870)
"THE stichera OF THE LAST KISS. ... following stichera, which are generally (though
without any great cause) attributed to S. John Damascene, form, perhaps, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"During the procession to the narthex, stichera proper to the feast are recited,
and then the priest recites a series of prayers, to which the choir answers ..."
4. A History of the Holy Eastern Church by John Mason Neale (1850)
"These are generally employed only on high festivals; and are usually much longer
than ordinary stichera. Goar (p. 206) does not explain them well, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"(2) stichera Biblia was a name given to certain books of the Old Testament, in
consequence of their metrical or poetical character, viz. ..."
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