Catholicon
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Catholicon may refer to:
- Catholicon, the conventual church at the centre of an abbeyAbbeyAn abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
- KatholikonKatholikonA Katholikon or Catholicon is the major temple of a monastery, or diocese in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The name derives from the fact that it is the largest temple where all gather together to celebrate the major feast days of the liturgical year. At other times, the smaller temples or...
, the primary church in an Orthodox or Eastern Catholic monastery - Catholicon (Mor Yakub), part of the Holy Liturgy of Mor YakubJacob BaradaeusJacob Baradaeus was Bishop of Edessa from 543 until his death. One of the most important figures in the history of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox churches generally, he was a defender of the Monophysite movement in a time when its strength was declining...
of the Syriac Orthodox Church - Catholicon (book), written in 1286 by Johannes de Balbis of Genoa (Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon)
- Catholicon (Lagadeuc), BretonBreton languageBreton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
–Latin–French dictionary written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc and printed in 1499 - Catholicon (electuary)Catholicon (electuary)In pre-modern medicine, catholicon was a soft electuary, so called as being supposedly universal in its curative and prophylactic abilities ; or a purger of all humours.Different authors have given different recipes for catholicon...
, an alleged all-purpose cure (panacea) used in pre-modern medicine