جَاثَلِيقٌ
Root: جاثليق
Full Definition
جَاثَلِيقٌ
[an arabicized word, from the Greek
καθολικὸς , The catholicos; i. e.] the primate of the Christians in the country of El- Islám, [residing] in the [chief] city of El-Islám: under him is the
بِطْرِيق [or بِطْرِيك, or بَطْرَك, i. e. patriarch] of Antioch: then, under him, is the
مَطْرَان [or metropolitan]; under whom is the
أُسْقُفّ [or bishop], in every province: then, the
قِسِّيس [or priest]: then, the
شَمَّاس [or deacon]: accord. to Sgh, a judge, or ruler: in the Tekmileh, a wise man, or sage. ج and ق do not occur in any one word, unless it is arabicized or a word imitative of a sound: accord. to El-Jawáleekee, they do not occur in any Arabic word unless separated, as in جَلَوْبَقٌ and جَرَنْدَقٌ: accord. to Lth, they occur in many words, most of which are arabicized.
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