stauropegial

== English == === Alternative forms === stavropegial === Etymology === From Byzantine Greek σταυροπηγία (stauropēgía), from σταυρός (staurós, “cross”) (Greek σταυρός (stavrós)) + πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “secure, fix, fasten”). === Adjective === stauropegial (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a stauropegion. (of an Eastern Orthodoxy or an Eastern Catholic monastery, church or brotherhood) Subordinated directly to the primate of the church (e.g. the patriarch) or the synod rather than to a local bishop. ==== Synonyms ==== stauropegic, stavropegic ==== Related terms ==== stauropegion ==== Translations ====